Soccer Preview: Kirksville vs. Canton
The Kirksville Tigers will welcome the Canton Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Kirksville's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Canton has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
If Canton heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Kirksville took over last week. Kirksville narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Moberly 3-2.
Meanwhile, Canton fell victim to Missouri Military Academy and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 8-0 to the Fighting Colonels. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 236th, while the Fighting Colonels are ranked 95th).
The win got Kirksville back to even at 7-7. As for Canton, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.
Everything went Kirksville's way against Canton when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as Kirksville made off with a 7-1 victory. Does Kirksville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Canton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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