McKinley is 1-6 against West Branch since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The McKinley Red Dragons will be staying on the road to face off against the West Branch Warriors at 1:00 p.m.
McKinley's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Lakeview on Tuesday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 9-0. 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 561st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 157th).
Meanwhile, West Branch hasn't lost a match since August 20th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 6-1 margin over Columbiana. With the Warriors ahead 3-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Columbiana from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Reed Martucci led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
McKinley's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for West Branch, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-1-2 record this season.
McKinley might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from West Branch in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can McKinley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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