North Royalton fell victim to Highland and their airtight defense on Monday. They fell just short of the Highland Hornets by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Hornets are ranked second).
This is the second loss in a row for North Royalton and nudges their season record down to 5-3-2. As for Highland, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
North Royalton didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next match, a 5-0 victory vs. Stow-Munroe Falls on the 18th. Highland has also already played their next game, a 2-0 win against Roosevelt on the 18th.
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