The Napoleon Wildcats will challenge the Springfield Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Napoleon is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Napoleon fell victim to Clay and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, Napoleon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 425th, while Clay are ranked 185th).
Meanwhile, Springfield has not lost a match since August 14th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Liberty-Benton 3-2. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Springfield were the better team in the second half.
Springfield has been performing incredibly well recently, winning 26 of their last 31 contests, dating back to last year. That's helped them to a 10-1-2 record this season. Those victories were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 125 goals over those 31 games. As for Napoleon, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-3.
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