Soccer Game Preview:

After three games on the road, Hoopeston is heading back home. They will welcome the Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville Buffaloes at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Hoopeston is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Watseka on Thursday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Cornjerkers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 441st, while the Warriors are ranked 218th).

Meanwhile, Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville came up short against Watseka on Tuesday and fell 4-2. The Buffaloes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Simonas Ankstutis wasn't going to let Watseka walk away unscathed as he scored both of Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville's goals, bringing his season total up to 12 goals.

Hoopeston dropped their record down to 4-10 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.

Hoopeston beat Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. Will Hoopeston repeat their success, or does Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Westville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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