The Elk River Elks are taking a road trip to face off against the Buffalo Bison at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Elk River's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 11 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Elk River and Rogers meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Elks lost 5-1 to the Royals. While losing is never fun, Elk River can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 168th, while Rogers are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Buffalo earned a 3-1 victory over Hopkins on Tuesday.
Elk River's loss dropped their record down to 1-13. As for Buffalo, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-0-4 record this season.
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