The Petal Panthers will face off against the St. Patrick Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Petal sitting on eight straight victories and St. Patrick on six.
Petal is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Bay, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Petal was ranked seventh). The Panthers had just enough and edged out the Tigers 2-1.
Meanwhile, St. Patrick kept a clean sheet against Presbyterian Christian on Friday. They beat the Bobcats by a goal, winning 1-0. St. Patrick wouldn't have won without Sam McClain, who scored the game-winner.
St. Patrick's win bumped their record up to 18-2. As for Petal, their victory bumped their record up to 20-2-1.
Petal beat St. Patrick by a goal when the teams last played back in November of 2021, winning 4-3. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Fighting Irish turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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