The Lost River Raiders will stay at home for another game and welcome the Illinois Valley Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Lost River is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Tulelake just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against the Honkers, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 98th in Oregon, while the Honkers are ranked 17th in California).
Meanwhile, Illinois Valley entered their game against North Valley on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Illinois Valley fell 2-0 to North Valley. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Cougars couldn't quite close it out.
Lost River's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2-1. As for Illinois Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.
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