The Indianola Indians are taking a road trip to challenge the Pleasantville Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Indianola will be strutting in after a victory while Pleasantville will be coming in after a defeat.
Indianola will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Thursday, then bounced right back against Oskaloosa on Tuesday. Indianola's defense stepped up to hand Oskaloosa an 8-0 shutout. Indianola hasn't had any issues with Oskaloosa recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Pleasantville's offense. They came up short against Ames on Tuesday, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, Pleasantville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Iowa soccer rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Ames are ranked 30th).
Pleasantville now has a losing record of 5-6-1. As for Indianola, their victory bumped their record up to 7-4.
Indianola couldn't quite get it done against Pleasantville in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 as they fell 4-2. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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