Castleberry has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Springtown Porcupines at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Castleberry's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Decatur by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Castleberry can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 531st, while Decatur is ranked 250th).
Castleberry's goal came courtesy of
Abigail Buendia, who's now up to 11 this season.
Meanwhile, after a 7-1 finish the last time they played, Springtown and Collegiate Academy at TCC Northeast decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. Springtown sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Collegiate Academy at TCC Northeast on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back wins for Springtown.
Castleberry's loss dropped their record down to 8-10-1. As for Springtown, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Castleberry came up short against Springtown in their previous matchup on February 9th, falling 2-0. Can Castleberry avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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