The Riverside Warriors will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Hoover Huskies, where kickoff is scheduled at 12:00 p.m.
Riverside fought the good fight in their overtime game against St. Albans on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Red Dragons by a score of 4-3. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Red Dragons 2-0 in the first half.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hoover). Their defense stepped up to hand Braxton County an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Huskies, who have now won four matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Riverside's defeat was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Hoover, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season.
Riverside suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Hoover when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Riverside was down 3-0.
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