The DeForest Norskies will challenge the Homestead Highlanders on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
DeForest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand New Richmond a 2-0 shutout. Given DeForest's advantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while New Richmond are ranked 40th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Errol Romeis and Blake Lovick scored both of DeForest's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 22 goals.
West Bend West typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Homestead proved too difficult a challenge. They won by a goal and slipped past the Spartans 1-0. That's two games straight that Homestead have won by just one goal.
Homestead's win bumped their record up to 9-14. As for DeForest, their victory bumped their record up to 17-1-4.
Everything went DeForest's way against Homestead in their previous meeting back in August, as DeForest made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Norskies since the team 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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