The Richland Raiders will challenge the Battle Creek Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Richland is coming into the contest hot, having won their last nine games.
While Richland's victory against Loretto wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. The Raiders never let the Mustangs get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Monday. Give Richland's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Battle Creek made sure to put some goals up on the board against Culleoka on Monday. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 9-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Battle Creek, who have now won nine matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Culleoka from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Noah Wetherby led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Richland pushed their record up to 11-4-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those six contests. As for Battle Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-7-1 record this season.
Everything went Richland's way against Battle Creek when the teams last played two weeks ago, as Richland made off with a 4-1 win. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Grizzlies have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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