The Sparta Spartans and the La Crosse Logan Rangers are set to duel on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Sparta has four straight wins, La Crosse Logan has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Sparta's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They skirted past West Salem 1-0. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Skyler Schlueter, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, La Crosse Logan fell victim to Arcadia and their airtight defense two weeks ago. They lost 8-0 to the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Rangers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin soccer rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Raiders are ranked 114th).
Sparta is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5-3 record this season. As for La Crosse Logan, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.
Everything went Sparta's way against La Crosse Logan in their previous matchup back in September, as Sparta made off with an 8-0 victory. Does Sparta have another victory up their sleeve, or will La Crosse Logan turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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