PikeView has gone 8-0-2 against Nicholas County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The PikeView Panthers will welcome the Nicholas County Grizzlies at 8:00 p.m. The timing is sure in PikeView's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Nicholas County has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
PikeView is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Charleston Catholic, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (PikeView was ranked 23rd). PikeView fell just short of Charleston Catholic by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The Panthers were red-hot offensively headed into the game (they scored no less than four goals in the three matchups prior) but the Irish's defense proved too tough.
Meanwhile, Nicholas County had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Midland Trail on Thursday. Chase Kelly had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Grizzlies got from the refs.
Nicholas County hit Midland Trail with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Marc Miller,
Aidan Taylor, and Taylor.
The loss snapped PikeView's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-4 record. As for Nicholas County, their win bumped their record up to 4-7.
Everything went PikeView's way against Nicholas County in their previous meeting back in August, as PikeView made off with a 3-0 victory. Will PikeView repeat their success, or does Nicholas County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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