After flying high against Evergreen Park on Tuesday, Shepard came back down to earth. The Astros lost 3-0 to the Blue Island Eisenhower Cardinals on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Shepard can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 268th, while Blue Island Eisenhower are ranked 49th).
Shepard has also been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last eight matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season. As for Blue Island Eisenhower, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-2.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Shepard will challenge rival Bremen at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Blue Island Eisenhower is set to square off against their familiar foe Reavis at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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