Bluefield came into their game on Thursday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Shady Spring Tigers, falling 8-1. While losing is never fun, Bluefield can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while Shady Spring are ranked 18th).
Bluefield's goal came courtesy of Devin Totten, who's now up to three this season.
Bluefield's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3-1. As for Shady Spring, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Coming up, Bluefield will welcome Westside at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Bluefield will be up against Westside's rather soft defense (which has allowed 9.44 goals per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Shady Spring, they wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Ripley on the 13th.
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