A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withthe St. Anne Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Herscher has three straight victories, St. Anne has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Last Thursday, Herscher had just enough and edged Peotone out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for St. Anne's offense. They lost 9-0 to St. Joseph-Ogden on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 478th, while the Spartans are ranked 160th).
Herscher's win bumped their record up to 12-6-1. As for St. Anne, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-16.
Everything went Herscher's way against St. Anne in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, as Herscher made off with a 6-1 victory. In that matchup, Herscher amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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