Marion is 0-10 against Searcy since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Marion Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Searcy Lions at 5:00 p.m. Marion will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Arkansas Rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while Searcy is ranked second).
Last Tuesday, Marion and Batesville finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw.
Meanwhile, Searcy can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent match on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Nettleton a 13-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what Searcy needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting Nettleton from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Georgie McMahan led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.
Marion's draw makes their record 6-10-2 this season. As for Searcy, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Marion suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Searcy in their previous matchup on April 2nd. Can Marion avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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