Girard hasn't had much luck against McKinley recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Girard Indians will head out to square off against the McKinley Red Dragons at 7:00 p.m.
Girard lost 4-1 to Southeast on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 398th, while the Pirates are ranked 148th).
Meanwhile, McKinley entered their tilt with South Range on Monday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. Their defense stepped up to hand the Raiders a 7-0 shutout. Give the Red Dragons' defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Kherington Stanford and
Madelyn Yost scored all seven of McKinley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 40 goals.
Girard's loss dropped their record down to 4-9-3. As for McKinley, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Girard suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to McKinley in their previous meeting back in September. Can Girard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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