Tuscarawas Valley has been on the road for three straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will host the Fairless Falcons at 12:00 p.m. Tuscarawas Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.2 goals per game this season.
Tuscarawas Valley will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Garfield on Thursday. Tuscarawas Valley put the hurt on Garfield with a sharp 6-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won three games by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Garfield from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Jonah Digman led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Fairless was not quite Manchester's equal in the second half on Monday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 2-1.
Fairless used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Manchester. Tyler Gaal played for 80 minutes having averaged 50.9 this season and Andrew McKelvey got 80 vs. an average of 52. Gaal made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Tuscarawas Valley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which lines up perfectly with their 4-1-1 record this season. As for Fairless, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1.
Everything went Tuscarawas Valley's way against Fairless in their previous matchup back in August of 2023 as Tuscarawas Valley made off with a 4-0 win. Does Tuscarawas Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairless turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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