The McKinley Red Dragons's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Salem Quakers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
McKinley will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Girard on Monday. Everything went McKinley's way against Girard as McKinley made off with a 4-1 win. Given the Red Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Indians are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kherington Stanford and
Madelyn Yost scored all four of McKinley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Salem). They never let Carrollton onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory on Wednesday. With that win, the Quakers brought their scoring average up to 2.7 goals per game.
McKinley's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Salem, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-6-1.
McKinley beat Salem by a goal in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for McKinley since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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