On Saturday, J.L. Mann faced Nation Ford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The J.L. Mann Patriots sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Nation Ford Falcons. Winning may never get old, but J.L. Mann sure is getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Laney Keith and
Amy Herbert scored both of J.L. Mann's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
J.L. Mann is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4 record this season. As for Nation Ford, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-8.
J.L. Mann will head out on the road to challenge Clover at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Clover is on a five-game streak of home wins, J.L. Mann a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. Nation Ford does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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