The East Rockingham Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the Rocktown Raptors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Rockingham has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Rocktown will come in with six straight wins.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for East Rockingham's offense. They came up short against Harrisonburg on Tuesday, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, East Rockingham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 228th, while Harrisonburg are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Staunton kept up with Rocktown until halftime on Monday, but afterwards: not so much. The Raptors' defense stepped up to hand the Storm a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Rocktown, who have now won six games by three goals or more so far this season.
Ethan Jenkins and Joshua Osei Iraheta scored all three of Rocktown's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
East Rockingham's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Rocktown, they pushed their record up to 9-1-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
East Rockingham suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Rocktown in their previous matchup back in April. Can the Eagles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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