Elsberry hasn't had much luck against Winfield recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Elsberry Indians will venture away from home to face off against the Winfield Warriors at 12:00 p.m.
Elsberry is headed into Saturday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game last Wednesday. They took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Missouri Military Academy. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 205th, while the Fighting Colonels are ranked 49th).
Meanwhile, Winfield had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with an 8-0 victory. Give the Warriors' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They hit Canton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Andrew Hines (3),
Dylan Galmiche (3),
Luke White, and White.
Elsberry's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Winfield, the win got them back to even at 5-5.
Elsberry came up short against Winfield when the teams last played back in August, falling 5-3. Can Elsberry avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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