Soccer Preview: North Mac vs. Pleasant Plains
North Mac is 2-7 against Pleasant Plains since September of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Pleasant Plains Cardinals at 4:55 p.m.
North Mac heads in on the heels of a playoff contest last Wednesday. They came up short against St. Teresa, falling 9-0. The Panthers just can't catch a break and have now endured six losses in a row.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Plains had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Lancers a 2-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Cardinals were the better team in the second half.
North Mac's defeat dropped their record down to 1-21. As for Pleasant Plains, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
North Mac suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Pleasant Plains when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can North Mac avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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