The Salem Wildcats have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Marion Wildcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Salem is looking to tack another W on to their season record, something they couldn't quite do against Massac County on Friday. Neither Salem nor Massac County could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Meanwhile, Marion had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 6-2 margin over the Rams. Considering the Wildcats have won six matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
With that draw, Salem's record moves to 12-2-1. As for Marion, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Salem might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Marion when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Salem was down 4-0.
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