The Northview Wildcats will square off against the Ottawa Hills Green Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Ottawa Hills better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Northview really get things going. Northview blew past Clay 4-1 on Thursday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Eagles are ranked 328th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northview hit Clay with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brayden Sutton,
Bruno Lopes, and
Zaid Alnaqib.
Meanwhile, Ottawa Hills had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Blackbirds as they made off with a 4-1 win. The Green Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by three goals or more this season.
The victory made it two in a row for Northview and bumps their season record up to 4-3-1. As for Ottawa Hills, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1-1.
Northview beat Ottawa Hills by a goal in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northview since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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