The Buckeye Valley Barons will face off against the Granville Blue Aces at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Buckeye Valley finally turned things around against Cristo Rey on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Cougar. The Barons' winning goal came courtesy of Vander Webb.
Meanwhile, Granville had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three last Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Warriors 3-2. Given the Blue Aces' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Warriors are ranked 244th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Buckeye Valley's win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-12. As for Granville, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-3 record this season.
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