The North Royalton Bears will stay at home for another game and welcome the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
North Royalton's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Washington with a sharp 8-0 win. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Tigers are ranked 444th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Olmsted Falls had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Rangers as they made off with a 7-0 victory. The Bulldogs' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Their offense was hitting North from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Chloe Hughes led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
North Royalton's win bumped their record up to 10-5-4. As for Olmsted Falls, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-4 record this season.
North Royalton beat Olmsted Falls by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-1. Will North Royalton repeat their success, or does Olmsted Falls have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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