The crowd at Thursday's non-league test between the Pleasant Plains Cardinals (Pleasant Plains, IL) and the visiting Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones (Springfield, IL), saw Pleasant Plains's soccer squad knock off Sacred Heart-Griffin by a margin of 3-0.

The Cardinals now sport a 7-3 record. They play next when they travel to Olympia for a Sangamo test on Saturday, September 23. Pleasant Plains will encounter a Spartans squad coming off a 10-0 league loss to Williamsville (Williamsville, IL). The Spartans record now stands at 2-10.

With the loss, Sacred Heart-Griffin drops to 5-6 on the season. The Cyclones host Springfield (Springfield, IL) to encounter the Senators in a Central State Eight test on Tuesday, September 26. The Senators come into the test with a record of 12-2. Springfield won 5-0 in their recent non-league test against Morton (Morton, IL)