The Searcy Lions will venture away from home to face off against the Batesville Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Searcy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Greene County Tech, who was ranked 18th at the time (Searcy was ranked seventh). Searcy's defense stepped up to hand Greene County Tech a 6-0 shutout on Thursday. The Lions haven't had any issues with the Golden Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, Batesville won against Cave City last Friday with four goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Monday. Batesville blew past Greene County Tech 4-0. The game marked the Pioneers' most dominant win of the season so far.
The victory made it two in a row for Batesville and bumps their season record up to 3-0-1. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored eight goals over those two contests. As for Searcy, their win bumped their record up to 4-1-1.
Searcy beat Batesville 3-1 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Will Searcy repeat their success, or does Batesville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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