The Oak Hills Highlanders are taking a road trip to square off against the Fairfield Indians at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Oak Hills sitting on 11 straight wins and Fairfield on five.
Oak Hills is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Madeira, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Oak Hills was ranked 16th). Oak Hills never let Madeira onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Monday. Give the Highlanders' defense some credit: that's the team's ninth straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Fairfield hadn't done well against Milford recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Fairfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Milford , sneaking past 4-3.
Oak Hills' win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-1. As for Fairfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season.
Everything went Oak Hills' way against Fairfield when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Oak Hills made off with a 5-2 victory. In that game, Oak Hills amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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