The Herscher Tigers will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Lisle Lions, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Herscher is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
If Herscher beats Lisle with nine goals on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Everything went Herscher's way against Bishop McNamara on Wednesday as Herscher made off with a 9-2 victory. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Bishop McNamara from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Luis Parra led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lisle waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Hilltoppers out 2-1. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Hilltoppers are ranked 323rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Herscher is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Lisle, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
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