Herscher is 8-2 against Coal City since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Herscher Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Coal City Coalers at 2:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Herscher sitting on six straight victories and Coal City on five.
Herscher's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Horizon Science Academy-Southwest. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won nine games by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Horizon Science Academy-Southwest from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Luis Parra led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Coal City's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 4-2 win over Universal.
Coal City used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Universal. Dane Noffsinger played for 75 minutes having averaged 49.1 this season and Carter Hollis got 70 vs. an average of 41.4. The pair took full advantage of the opportunity: Noffsinger scored a goal, while he scored two goals.
Herscher is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season. As for Coal City, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-6-1.
Herscher came up short against Coal City in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Can Herscher avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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