Minerva lost against West Branch back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Minerva Lions lost 7-1 to the West Branch Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 405th, while the Warriors are ranked 152nd).
Minerva's goal came courtesy of
Zavier Wheeler, which was the first he's scored this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Minerva and nudges their season record down to 2-3. As for West Branch, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1-1.
Minerva will host Tuscarawas Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for West Branch, they are taking a road trip to square off against Boardman at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. West Branch is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
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