The Archbishop Hoban Knights will head out to take on the Cuyahoga Falls Black Tigers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Archbishop Hoban will be strutting in after a win while Cuyahoga Falls will be coming in after a loss.
Archbishop Hoban took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Firestone with a sharp 7-0 victory. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Archbishop Hoban's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Cuyahoga Falls was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Louisville. While losing is never fun, Cuyahoga Falls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 417th, while Louisville are ranked 204th).
Cuyahoga Falls was without their leading scorer, Muhammad Omonov, in Thursday's contest. With Omonov sitting this one out, Stefan Talmachev got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 42).
Cuyahoga Falls' loss dropped their record down to 3-12. As for Archbishop Hoban, the win snapped their losing streak at three matches and leaves them with a 6-8-2 record.
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