Page County is 0-9 against Clarke County since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Page County Panthers will be staying on the road to face off against the Clarke County Eagles at 1:00 p.m. Neither Page County nor Clarke County posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Page County's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Madison County on Tuesday. They lost 4-0 to the Mountaineers. While losing is never fun, Page County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 256th, while Madison County is ranked 112th).
Meanwhile, Clarke County entered their tilt with Madison County with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. Their defense stepped up to hand the Mountaineers a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. Give Clarke County's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Joseph Ziercher, who's now up to three this season.
Page County's defeat dropped their record down to 5-13. As for Clarke County, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2-1.
Page County might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Clarke County when the teams last played back in April. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Page County was down 4-1.
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