The Shaker Heights Red Raiders will challenge the Hudson Explorers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Shaker Heights and Lakewood met for a duel on Monday where Shaker Heights prevailed. Shaker Heights walked away with a 3-1 win over Lakewood. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Red Raiders.
Meanwhile, Hudson came tearing into two weeks ago's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 1-0 shutout. Given the Explorers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while the Bulldogs are ranked 79th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shaker Heights' victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-13-1. As for Hudson, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2.
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