The Marion Scarlet Hurricanes will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bland County Bears at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Thursday, Marion came up short against Graham and fell 4-2. While losing is never fun, Marion can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 207th, while Graham is ranked 68th).
Meanwhile, Bland County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Giles by a score of 5-4.
Marion's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4-1. As for Bland County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10-1.
Marion took their win against Bland County in their previous matchup back in April of 2022 by a conclusive 5-0. Will Marion repeat their success, or does Bland County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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