The Plano Reapers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Coal City Coalers at 4:30 p.m. Plano will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 402nd, while Coal City is ranked 176th).
Last Monday, Plano didn't have quite enough to beat Harvard and fell 2-1.
Meanwhile, Coal City waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Coal City, who have now won seven matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Plano dropped their record down to 2-15 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Coal City, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-2 record this season.
Plano might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Coal City when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Plano avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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