Soccer Recap: Howell Comes Up Short

The matchup between Howell and East Lansing on Thursday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Highlanders lost 8-0 to the Trojans. While losing is never fun, Howell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 277th, while East Lansing are ranked 79th).

Howell dropped their record down to 4-13-2 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for East Lansing, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-3-5.

As of now, neither Howell nor the Trojans have any future games scheduled.