The Kankakee Valley Kougars are on the road again on Saturday to play the Merrillville Pirates at 10:00 a.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Kankakee Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Munster on Wednesday. They lost 4-0 to the Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Kougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Mustangs are ranked 19th).
Meanwhile, Merrillville kept a clean sheet against La Porte on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Slicers 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Pirates were the better team in the second half.
Kankakee Valley's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-5-1. As for Merrillville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1-2.
Kankakee Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Merrillville in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Kankakee Valley repeat their success, or does Merrillville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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