Soccer Recap: New Prairie vs. Elkhart
New Prairie lost against Elkhart back in August of 2022, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The New Prairie Cougars fell just short of the Elkhart Lions by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Lions are ranked 45th).
New Prairie's goal came courtesy of
Jordan Vesper, who's now up to 21 this season.
New Prairie's loss dropped their record down to 6-5-1. As for Elkhart, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4-1 record this season.
New Prairie will head out on the road to challenge South Bend Riley at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. New Prairie's last three matchups have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Elkhart, they will welcome Hobart at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Elkhart is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
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