Soccer Recap: Highland Park Finds Home Pitch Redemption Against Maine East

There's no place like home for Highland Park, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Maine East Blue Demons a 7-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering Highland Park's offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Their offense was hitting Maine East from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Annie Manaster led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Highland Park is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-9-1 record this season. As for Maine East, their defeat was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-16.

Highland Park wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and has already played their next contest, a 6-2 win against North Shore Country Day on the 2nd. As for Maine East, they also didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 victory against Lake View on the 3rd.