Greenville hasn't had much luck against Newton Local recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Greenville Green Wave will head out to challenge the Newton Local Indians at 12:15 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Greenville is headed into Saturday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their ninth straight game on Thursday. They lost 10-0 to Tippecanoe. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 529th, while the Red Devils are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Newton Local after they claimed the first goal on Saturday, however, they wouldn't score again. They fell just short of Valley View by a score of 2-1. While the Indians didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 1-0 in the first half.
Newton Local's goal came courtesy of
Evanston Hemphill, who's now up to ten this season.
Greenville's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Newton Local, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-1.
Greenville suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Newton Local when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Greenville was down 7-1.
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