The Lordstown Red Devils will challenge the McKinley Red Dragons at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for Lordstown and ten for McKinley.
Lordstown is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Mineral Ridge on Thursday. Lordstown took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mineral Ridge.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for McKinley's offense. They lost 12-0 to Girard on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 566th, while the Indians are ranked 265th).
Lordstown's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for McKinley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Lordstown might still be hurting after the 5-2 defeat they got from McKinley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Lordstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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