A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions takes on the Mayfield Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Orange has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Mayfield will arrive with four straight victories.
Orange's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Chagrin Falls two weeks ago. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 373rd, while the Tigers are ranked 116th).
Meanwhile, Mayfield's game on Saturday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 3-1 win over West Geauga. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly two goals.
Olivia Williams and
Addison Carroll scored all three of Mayfield's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Orange's loss dropped their record down to 1-10-2. As for Mayfield, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4-3.
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