Junction City/St. Xavier and Independent are an even 3-3 against one another since April of 2021, but likely not for long. The Junction City/St. Xavier Bluejays will look to defend their home pitch on Wednesday against the Independent Panthers. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After soaring to five goals the game before, Junction City/St. Xavier was a bit more limited in their match last Tuesday. Their tough 10-0 defeat to Washburn Rural might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Junction City/St. Xavier can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Washburn Rural is ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Independent was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Classical by a score of 1-0. The game was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Independent couldn't quite close it out.
Junction City/St. Xavier's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Independent, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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