Middletown is 0-10 against Oak Hills since September of 2015 but things could change on Monday. The Middletown Middies will head out on the road to challenge the Oak Hills Highlanders at 7:00 p.m.
Middletown's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Lakota East last Thursday. They lost 6-0 to the Thunderhawks. While losing is never fun, the Middies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 385th, while the Thunderhawks are ranked 73rd).
Meanwhile, Oak Hills came tearing into Thursday's contest with 13 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cardinals an 8-0 shutout. Give the Highlanders' defense some credit: that's the team's 12th straight shutout.
This is the second loss in a row for Middletown and nudges their season record down to 4-12-1. As for Oak Hills, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1.
Middletown might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Oak Hills in their previous meeting back in September. Can Middletown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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