The North Branch Vikings will take on the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. North Branch's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 10 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
North Branch fell victim to Cloquet and their airtight defense on Saturday. They came up short against the Lumberjacks, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, North Branch can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while Cloquet are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cambridge-Isanti). They snuck past Zimmerman with a 4-3 victory on Thursday. The win was a breath of fresh air for Cambridge-Isanti as it put an end to their six-game losing streak.
North Branch's loss dropped their record down to 0-9-1. As for Cambridge-Isanti, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-7.
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