The Western Branch Bruins will venture away from home to take on the Grafton Clippers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Western Branch and five for Grafton.
Western Branch fell victim to Smithfield and their airtight defense two weeks ago. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Packers. That's two games in a row now that Western Branch have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Grafton also failed to score in their most recent game. They came up short against Lafayette on Tuesday, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, Grafton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 185th, while Lafayette are ranked 33rd).
Grafton's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Western Branch, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3-1.
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