The Waco Lions will head out to challenge the Palestine Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Waco has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Palestine will come in with five straight wins.
Waco managed to keep up with North Mesquite until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Lions came up short against the Stallions, falling 5-2. While losing is never fun, Waco can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 556th, while North Mesquite are ranked 53rd).
Meanwhile, Palestine kept a clean sheet against Pittsburg on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Pirates.
Waco's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7-2. As for Palestine, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
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