The North Platte Bulldogs will be defending their home pitch for the first time this season when they go up against the Kearney Bearcats at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Platte was handed a seven-goal loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Bellevue East a 1-0 shutout. Whitney Wehr had the honor of scoring the game-winner for North Platte.
Meanwhile, Kearney had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Links as they made off with a 5-0 win. Give Kearney's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Kearney's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 3-0. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matches. As for North Platte, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
North Platte suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Kearney in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point North Platte was down 3-0.
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