Mineral Ridge has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Champion Golden Flashes at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Mineral Ridge is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Memorial just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Monday. They came up short against the Red Devils, falling 5-2. The matchup was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Rams couldn't quite close it out.
Tyler Simpson wasn't going to let Memorial walk away unscathed as he scored both of Mineral Ridge's goals, bringing his season total up to 13 goals.
Meanwhile, Champion entered their tilt with Newton Falls on Monday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with an 8-4 victory. Considering the Golden Flashes have won six matches by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Mineral Ridge's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4-2. As for Champion, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2-2.
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