The Beardstown Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Jersey Panthers at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Beardstown's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for eight straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Beardstown fell victim to Litchfield and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Purple Panthers, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Beardstown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 287th, while Litchfield are ranked 73rd).
Meanwhile, Jersey came up short against Highland on Thursday and fell 3-1. Jersey have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Jersey's loss dropped their record down to 2-6-1. As for Beardstown, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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