Preview: Kemp vs. Mabank
Kemp is 0-10 against Mabank since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Kemp Yellowjackets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mabank Panthers at 1:30 p.m. Kemp will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 741st, while Mabank is ranked 246th).
Kemp was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat. Their rough 11-0 defeat to Community might stick with them for a while.
Kemp was without their leading scorer, Gracie Vasquez, in Wednesday's match. With Vasquez sitting this one out, Valeria Hernandez got some extra time on the pitch (80 vs. her season average of 40).
Meanwhile, Mabank scored the most points they've had all season to find success on Saturday. They never let Ford onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Mabank might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven matches by three goals or more this season.
Kemp's defeat dropped their record down to 1-16. As for Mabank, their win bumped their record up to 10-5-4.
Kemp might still be hurting after the 9-1 defeat they got from Mabank in their previous meeting back in February. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Kemp was down 7-0.
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