The Cardinals of Pleasant Plains entered Thursday evening's game, on September 8, on a week-long winless streak with a tie to Rochester and loss to Springfield High on the previous Monday and Saturday. The Cardinals started the season with three wins against Litchfield, Carlinville, and Lincoln High Schools. They then went 2-1 in the Riverton Tournament, losing to Springfield in the championship game.
To improve their 5-1-1 record, the Cardinals were looking for a win against the Crimsons of Jacksonville. The Crimsons played strong possession soccer through the midfield and picked apart the Plains defense to score 4 goals on 7 shots. The Cardinals came close to scoring with 4 shots on goal, but the Crimson keeper stayed strong to shut out the Cardinals.
The team's struggle continued until Saturday afternoon, at Raymond-Lincolnwood, where the Cardinals won big, 7-1. The Cardinals then kept their fresh win-streak alive against Riverton, winning 3-0 last Monday as the team recorded their second shut out of the season. The team played the next night against Southeast, playing strong and winning 4-1.
The team is riding a three game winning-streak, entering their next test tonight, against the Williamsville Bullets. The game tonight is at Williamsville. The leading scorers for Plains, over the course of the three game winning-streak, were Kassing with 5 goals, O'Connor and Pavisic with 3 each, Yakel with 2, and Vermeersch and Little each adding 1. The Cardinals are now 8-2-1.
-Chris O'Connor
The Cardinal
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