The Johnston Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Rogers Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Johnston is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses.
Johnston's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Classical on Thursday. They came up short against the Purple, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Rhode Island soccer rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Purple are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, Rogers kept a clean sheet against Exeter-West Greenwich on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Scarlet Knights 1-0. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by just one goal.
Johnston's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Rogers, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-8.
Johnston might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Rogers when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Johnston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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