The Minooka Indians will venture away from home to challenge the O'Fallon Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Minooka is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Moline as they made off with a 6-1 win. Minooka might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, O'Fallon faced Edwardsville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Panthers had just enough and edged out the Tigers 1-0. Give O'Fallon's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Claire Nieroda, who's now up to 19 this season.
O'Fallon pushed their record up to 19-1-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four contests. As for Minooka, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-6-2.
Minooka might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from O'Fallon when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can the Indians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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