The North Vikings will challenge the Rocky River Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Rocky River will be up against a hot North team: the squad just extended their winning streak to six. The Vikings' defense stepped up to hand Nordonia a 5-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given North's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while Nordonia are ranked 336th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Tallmadge kept up with Rocky River until halftime on Wednesday, but afterwards: not so much. The Pirates were the clear victors by a 4-1 margin over the Blue Devils. Rocky River's winning goal came courtesy of Ali Darjamal.
Rocky River's win bumped their record up to 11-6-1. As for North, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
