Soccer Recap: Shawnee Mission North Takes a Loss

Shawnee Mission North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They came up short against the Shawnee Mission East Lancers, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, Shawnee Mission North can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 78th, while Shawnee Mission East are ranked 18th).

Shawnee Mission North's loss dropped their record down to 2-10-1. As for Shawnee Mission East, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 8-3.

Coming up, Shawnee Mission North will be playing at home against Shawnee Mission West on Tuesday. Shawnee Mission North will be up against Shawnee Mission West's rather soft defense (which has allowed 3.5 goals per contest), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. Shawnee Mission East has already played their next matchup (against Mill Valley), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.