The Sandy Valley Cardinals will head out to face off against the Marlington Dukes at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sandy Valley has given up an average of 2.9 goals per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Sandy Valley came into their game on Monday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Beaver Local, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, Sandy Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while Beaver Local are ranked 102nd).
Meanwhile, Marlington managed to keep up with Alliance until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Dukes lost 5-0 to the Aviators. Marlington haven't had much luck with Alliance recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Marlington's loss dropped their record down to 4-8-2. As for Sandy Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-1.
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