The Carterville Lions will challenge the Harrisburg Bulldogs at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Carterville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
It was a proper cat-fight when Carterville took on Marion on Monday. Carterville came up short against Marion, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 372nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 179th).
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, Harrisburg was a bit more limited in their game on Saturday. They lost 10-1 to Salem.
Carterville's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-7-2. As for Harrisburg, their loss dropped their record down to 7-9-1.
Carterville came out on top in a nail-biter against Harrisburg in their previous meeting on October 1st, sneaking past 3-2. Will Carterville repeat their success, or does Harrisburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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