The Mt. Vernon Wildcats are on the road again on Thursday to play the Boonville Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. Mt. Vernon will be strutting in after a victory while Boonville will be coming in after a defeat.
Mt. Vernon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Evansville Bosse 9-1. The Wildcats' offense finally found a way to get into gear: the high-octane performance was a 180-degree turn from their last four games.
Their offense was hitting Evansville Bosse from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ella Sponn led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for five goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Boonville was not able to break out of their rough patch back in September as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 9-0 to Evansville Christian. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Eagles are ranked 86th).
The win snapped Mt. Vernon's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-9 record. As for Boonville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Everything went Mt. Vernon's way against Boonville in their previous meeting back in September, as Mt. Vernon made off with a 6-0 victory. Will Mt. Vernon repeat their success, or does Boonville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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