The Beverly Panthers will square off against the Peabody Veterans Memorial Tanners at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Beverly has three straight wins, Peabody Veterans Memorial has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Beverly proved they can win big on Monday (they won by five) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Marblehead 2-1. Given Beverly's advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while Marblehead are ranked 38th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Peabody Veterans Memorial lost 8-1 to Central Catholic on Saturday.
Beverly's victory bumped their record up to 14-1. As for Peabody Veterans Memorial, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Everything went Beverly's way against Peabody Veterans Memorial in their previous matchup back in September, as Beverly made off with a 7-0 win. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tanners turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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