The Howell Vikings have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Hickman Kewpies at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hickman better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Howell really get things going. Howell's defense stepped up to hand Marquette a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Vikings' winning goal came courtesy of Owen Martin.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Hickman made sure to put some goals up on the board against Battle on Tuesday. They blew past the Spartans 6-2. Given the Kewpies' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Spartans are ranked 96th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Howell has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Hickman, their victory bumped their record up to 16-7-1.
Howell skirted past Hickman 1-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Will Howell repeat their success, or does Hickman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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