The Meridian Hawks will kick their season off against the Taylorville Tornadoes on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled at 10:00 a.m.
Taylorville is headed into Saturday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their tenth straight game on Thursday. They came up short against Mahomet-Seymour, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 468th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 142nd).
Taylorville's loss dropped their record down to 3-21. As for Meridian, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they finished on the wrong side of .500 (0-2), but they'll be hoping to turn things around this year.
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