The Hastings Raiders will face off against the Simley Spartans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hastings' 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.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Hastings' offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rosemount on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Hastings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 54th, while Rosemount are ranked third).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Simley). Everything went their way against Richfield on Saturday as they made off with an 8-1 victory. Simley hasn't had any issues with Richfield recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Hastings now has a losing record of 4-5-2. As for Simley, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Hastings took their victory against Simley in their previous meeting back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 4-1 score. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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