The Carlyle Indians/Lady Indians will face off against the Pinckneyville Panthers at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Carlyle has three straight victories, Pinckneyville has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Carlyle is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Valmeyer on Wednesday as Carlyle made off with an 8-2 win. Caden Loepker was a massive factor in the win as he booted in five goals all by himself.
Something new happened on Wednesday as Seth Fruend saw his first action of the season, playing seven minutes against Valmeyer. Fruend made the most of the opportunity, putting up an assist. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Pinckneyville was not quite Massac County's equal in the second half on Thursday. They came up short against the Patriots, falling 5-1.
Carlyle now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Pinckneyville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4-1.
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