The Rootstown Rovers will face off against the Garfield G-Men at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Rootstown is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against John F. Kennedy Catholic on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for the Rovers seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garfield). They came out on top against Bristol by a score of 3-1 on Saturday. The victory was some much needed relief for the G-Men as it spelled an end to their seven-game losing streak.
Rootstown's defeat dropped their record down to 10-6-1. As for Garfield, their win ended a six-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-12-1.
Rootstown came out on top in a nail-biter against Garfield in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 1-0. Will Rootstown repeat their success, or does Garfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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