Homedale has been on the road for three straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Parma Panthers at 1:00 p.m. Homedale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Homedale will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Thursday, then bounced right back against Emmett on Tuesday. Homedale put the hurt on Emmett with a sharp 5-1 victory. Considering the Trojans have won seven contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Emmett with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Morgan Nicoletti (2),
Karlie Kildow (2), and
Evalina Costello.
Meanwhile, Parma was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They lost 17-2 to Fruitland. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Idaho soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 18th).
Homedale is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Parma, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Homedale took their win against Parma in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 6-1. In that matchup, Homedale amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
