Soccer Preview: Mt. Vernon vs. Heritage Hills
Mt. Vernon hasn't had much luck against Heritage Hills recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Mt. Vernon Wildcats will take on the Heritage Hills Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
Mt. Vernon is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Thursday. They lost 4-0 to Washington. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Hatchets are ranked 51st).
Meanwhile, Heritage Hills had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.6 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Rebels a 6-0 shutout. It was an even better day for Brock Ficker as he scored four goals for his team.
Mt. Vernon's loss dropped their record down to 3-13. As for Heritage Hills, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-1.
Mt. Vernon suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Heritage Hills in their previous meeting two weeks ago. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Mt. Vernon was down 4-1.
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