Soccer Preview: Peotone vs. Herscher
Peotone is 2-8 against Herscher since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Peotone Blue Devils will square off against the Herscher Tigers at 6:00 p.m.
Peotone is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Coal City, falling 5-2. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Blue Devils were already down 4-0.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Herscher took on Manteno on Tuesday. Herscher had just enough and edged Manteno out 4-3. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Tigers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Panthers are ranked 116th).
Herscher hit Manteno with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Luis Parra (2),
Trevor Hoffeditz, and
Rowan Keigher.
Peotone's defeat dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Herscher, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-6-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
