The Franklin Wildcats have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Middletown Middies at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Franklin's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Monroe on Tuesday. They lost 10-0 to the Hornets. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 514th, while the Hornets are ranked 179th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Middletown was not quite Sycamore's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to the Aviators.
Franklin's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-6-2. As for Middletown, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4-3.
Franklin suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Middletown in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Franklin was down 5-1.
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