After a short break, it's finally time for some more action. The Petal Panthers will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the West Jones Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. Petal's defense has only allowed 0.4 goals per game this season, so West Jones' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Petal is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Northwest Rankin, who was ranked seventh at the time (Petal was ranked eighth). Petal fell just short of Northwest Rankin by a score of 1-0 two weeks ago. The Panthers' defeat signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, West Jones entered their tilt with Picayune two weeks ago with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Maroon Tide as they made off with a 5-2 win. Considering the Mustangs have won six games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
West Jones' victory bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Petal, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.
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