Soccer Game Preview: Highland Hits the Road
By Team Reports
Sep 18, 2024, 2:19am
Soccer Preview: Highland vs. Mansfield Christian
The Highland Fighting Scots will head out to challenge the Mansfield Christian Flames at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Highland is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Highland will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Galion on Monday. Everything went Highland's way against Galion as Highland made off with a 5-2 victory. The score was close at the half, but the Fighting Scots pulled away in the second half with three goals.
Meanwhile, Mansfield Christian waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Redbirds a 1-0 shutout. The Flames' winning goal came courtesy of Weston Neal.
Highland's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Mansfield Christian, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season.
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