The North Mac Panthers will challenge the Riverton/Tri-City Hawks at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for North Mac and three for Riverton/Tri-City.
North Mac is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Southwestern on Thursday. The Panthers fell just short of the Piasa Birds by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Riverton/Tri-City fell victim to Athens/PORTA and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Riverton/Tri-City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 276th, while Athens/PORTA are ranked 78th).
Riverton/Tri-City's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7-1. As for North Mac, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
North Mac was able to grind out a solid victory over Riverton/Tri-City in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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