The Oak Forest Bengals will head out to challenge the Shepard Astros at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oak Forest's last three games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Oak Forest's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Lemont on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Lemont HS by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Bengals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Lemont HS are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Shepard came up short against Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Astros have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of
Filip Zawodniak, who's now up to two this season.
Oak Forest's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5-2. As for Shepard, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8-2.
Oak Forest skirted past Shepard 2-1 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oak Forest since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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