On Friday, Searcy faced Valley View in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Searcy Lions never let the Valley View Blazers onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Give Searcy's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Searcy's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four matches. As for Valley View, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6-1.
Searcy will be playing in front of their home fans against West Memphis at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Searcy is facing West Memphis at the right time seeing as West Memphis is stuck on a 12-game losing streak. As for Valley View, they will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against Greene County Tech at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Valley View is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in Arkansas (they are ranked 25th, while Greene County Tech is ranked 86th).
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