The Meridian Wildcats will be home for the holidays to greet the Pearl Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with six consecutive losses for Meridian and four for Pearl.
It was a proper cat-fight when Meridian duked it out withNorthwest Rankin on Friday. Meridian came up short against Northwest Rankin, falling 12-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi soccer rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Cougars are ranked second).
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Pearl's offense. They lost 7-0 to Brandon on Friday. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by exactly seven goals.
Pearl's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Meridian, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Meridian suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Pearl in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. Can Meridian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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