Parkersburg hasn't had much luck against Parkersburg South recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Parkersburg Big Reds will host the Parkersburg South Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Parkersburg is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Parkersburg is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Nitro, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Parkersburg was ranked fifth). Parkersburg never let Nitro onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Saturday. Two seems to be a good number for the Big Reds as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Camille Tatterson and
Gracie Lively scored both of Parkersburg's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, Parkersburg South hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Marietta 2-1. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked third in West Virginia, while the Tigers are ranked 65th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Parkersburg's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0-1. As for Parkersburg South, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0-2.
Parkersburg suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Parkersburg South in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Parkersburg have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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