Tonganoxie soccer back home vs. Ottawa
Tonganoxie High soccer
Tonganoxie High boys soccer will look to get its first Frontier League victory of the season Thursday at home against Ottawa.
The Cyclones are 3-2-1 overall and 0-1-1 in league play.
Thursday’s match gives the Chieftains another opportunity to get another victory following a stretch that’s included back-to-back ties.
Tonganoxie lost Thursday to Baldwin, 4-0, on the road. The Bulldogs are 5-1 and 3-0. THS hadn’t won a game since Sept. 2 entering this week, but the Chieftains also hadn’t lost since Sept. 9 before the Baldwin match. And the Chieftains’ first two losses were by one goal each.
THS (1-3-2) faced Hayden on Tuesday in Topeka after The Mirror’s print deadline. The Wildcats were 0-7 entering the match and had been outscored 24-0 in their last three matches. THS and Hayden had common opponent in Eudora. Tonganoxie tied EHS on Sept. 11, 0-0, while Hayden lost to Eudora, 3-1, two days earlier. Tonganoxie will have a week off following Thursday’s home match. THS visits Bonner Springs (4-1-1 and 1-1-1) on Oct. 2 for another league contest before heading Oct. 7 to Roeland Park to take on Bishop Miege (5-1).