The Northmont Thunderbolts will take on the Fairmont Firebirds at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Northmont will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Centerville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Northmont narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Centerville 2-1.
Meanwhile, Fairmont had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They beat the Warriors by a goal, winning 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Firebirds as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Michael Hallock and
Mordecai Kesner scored both of Fairmont's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
Northmont now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Fairmont, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Everything went Northmont's way against Fairmont in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 as Northmont made off with a 5-2 victory. Does Northmont have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairmont turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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