Grassfield is 5-0 against Oscar Smith since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Grassfield Grizzlies will look to defend their home pitch against the Oscar Smith Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Grassfield has five straight victories, Oscar Smith has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Grassfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: Western Branch, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Grassfield was ranked 19th). Grassfield never let Western Branch onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Thursday. Grassfield's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matches.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Addy Otte, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 2-2 at halftime, Oscar Smith was not quite King's Fork's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 3-2.
Grassfield pushed their record up to 7-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Oscar Smith, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7-1.
Everything went Grassfield's way against Oscar Smith in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Grassfield made off with an 8-0 win. Will Grassfield repeat their success, or does Oscar Smith have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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