Hastings came into their game on Friday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against the Western Panthers, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, Hastings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 333rd, while Western are ranked 62nd).
Hastings' defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Western, their win bumped their record up to 7-2-1.
Coming up, Hastings will host Pennfield at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Western, they wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next match, a 0-0 draw against Dexter on the 4th.
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