The Shepard Astros will square off against the Oak Forest Bengals at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
On Tuesday, Shepard came up short against Thornton Fractional North/Thornton Fractional South 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.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Oak Forest's offense. They fell just short of Lemont by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. 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).
Shepard's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-2. As for Oak Forest, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5-2.
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