The Cedar Hill Longhorns will head out on the road to square off against the Harker Heights Knights at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Cedar Hill has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Harker Heights will come in with six straight wins.
Cedar Hill fell victim to Jacksonville and their airtight defense on Monday. They came up short against the Fightin' Indians, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 419th, while the Fightin' Indians are ranked 58th).
Meanwhile, while the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was Harker Heights who was credited with the victory on Monday. Harker Heights got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Lorena's two.
Harker Heights pushed their record up to 13-5-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those five matchups. As for Cedar Hill, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8-5.
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