The North Vikings will be taking part in a tournament against the Canfield Cardinals at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North sitting on seven straight victories and Canfield on five.
North can't be too worried about heading out to take on Canfield: they just beat Rocky River at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. The Vikings' defense stepped up to hand the Pirates a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. Give North's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Canfield had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 6-1 win. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Canfield's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 27th, while Copley are ranked 311th).
North's victory bumped their record up to 12-2-4. As for Canfield, their win bumped their record up to 15-2.
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