Soccer Preview: Highland vs. Jersey
Highland is 8-2 against Jersey since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Highland Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Jersey Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Highland's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Highland's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Althoff Catholic on Saturday. They came up short against the Crusaders, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Crusaders are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Jersey was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell just short of Gibault Catholic by a score of 3-2.
Highland now has a losing record at 9-10-1. As for Jersey, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18-2.
Highland came out on top in a nail-biter against Jersey in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 2-1. Will Highland repeat their success, or does Jersey have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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