The Kashmere Fighting Rams are taking a road trip to challenge the Northside Panthers at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.
Kashmere can't be too happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season away from home last Wednesday. They lost 7-1 to Worthing. Kashmere haven't had much luck with Worthing recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Northside entered their tilt with Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for Young Men on Wednesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Knights a 5-0 shutout. Considering Northside have won three matches by more than four goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Ulises Quintero, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Northside squad sat out for Wednesday's matchup. With Quintero sidelined, Northside had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players got more time on the pitch than they're used to: Sergio Ortega (70), Miguel Medina (80), and Cristian Rodriguez (80). The trio had averaged 46, 50, and 57.5 minutes respectively before Wednesday's contest. Ortega made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Kashmere couldn't quite get it done against Northside in their previous matchup back in February of 2025 as they fell 2-0. Can the Fighting Rams avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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