Highland hasn't had much luck against Civic Memorial recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Bulldogs will head out to face off against the Eagles at 5:45 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Highland fell victim to Triad and their airtight defense on Thursday. They lost 9-0 to the Knights. While losing is never fun, Highland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Triad are ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Civic Memorial came up short against Waterloo on Thursday and fell 3-1.
The Eagles' goal came courtesy of Avery Huddleston, who's now up to ten this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Highland and nudges their season record down to 9-5-1. As for Civic Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Highland came out on top in a nail-biter against Civic Memorial in their previous meeting on April 3rd, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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