Soccer Recap: Galena Takes a Loss

Galena lost against River Valley on April 3rd, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Pirates fell 2-0 to the Blackhawks. While losing is never fun, Galena can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 358th in Illinois, while River Valley are ranked 46th in Wisconsin).

Galena has also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-9 record this season. As for River Valley, they pushed their record up to 9-1-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.

Coming up, Galena will take on Dodgeville at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. River Valley has already played their next game (against Galena/River Ridge), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.