After flying high against Holy Spirit Catholic last Thursday, Hillcrest came back down to earth. The Hillcrest Patriots came up short against the Prattville Lions on Friday, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Lions are ranked third).
Hillcrest's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Prattville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Hillcrest will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Paul W. Bryant at 7:15 p.m. on March 18th. Hillcrest has given up an average of 3 goals per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week. As for Prattville, they will square off against Thompson at 7:00 p.m. on March 14th.
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