The Pleasant Plains Cardinals will challenge the Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis Lancers at 10:00  a.m.  on Saturday. Pleasant Plains is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6  goals per game  this season.
 Pleasant Plains came up short against  Beardstown on Tuesday, falling  5-1.
 Pleasant Plains' goal came courtesy  of 
 Jackson Dent, who's now up to six this season.
 Meanwhile, Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis gave up the first  goal last Monday, but they didn't let that get them  down. While the  2-2 score might suggest a draw, it was Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis who was credited with the  victory. Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Litchfield's three. Given the Lancers' advantage  in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings  (they are ranked 110th, while the Purple Panthers are ranked 273rd), the result  wasn't entirely unexpected.
 Pleasant Plains' loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis,  the  win made it two in a row for them and  bumps their season record up to 5-1.
 Pleasant Plains beat Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis by a goal  in their previous meeting  back in October of 2023, winning  1-0. Will Pleasant Plains repeat their success,  or does  Lincolnwood/Morrisonville/Nokomis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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