North Mac is 1-6 against Litchfield since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The North Mac Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Litchfield Purple Panthers at 5:00 p.m.
North Mac is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Saturday, they were much more limited against Greenville on Tuesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 4-0 walloping at the hands of the Comets. While losing is never fun, North Mac can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 356th, while Greenville is ranked 141st).
Meanwhile, Litchfield can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Wednesday. They never let Southwestern onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. Litchfield's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matches.
North Mac's defeat dropped their record down to 3-14-1. As for Litchfield, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season.
North Mac suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Litchfield in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can North Mac avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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