The River Ridge Royal Knights will face off against the Maclay Marauders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. River Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
River Ridge took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They never let Angeline Academy of Innovation onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Royal Knights needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting Angeline Academy of Innovation from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Landen Hebb led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, Maclay's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Tampa Prep by a score of 2-1. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Marauders came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Terrapins are ranked 44th).
River Ridge's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-7-1. As for Maclay, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 14-1-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps