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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Wildcats in fight for playoff position with 2 games remaining

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The Kennedale Wildcat Soccer team Wildcats (8-4-6) are in a district battle with three teams vying for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions. {{more:Continue …}}
 
The Cats were in second place last week before a 2-1 loss to Benbrook Tuesday. The loss dropped them back into fourth place. The Cats play Castleberry tonight and Diamond Hill Tuesday.
 
Castleberry has the top spot …
 
Castleberry (11-1-7, 7-0-1) leads the district with 28 points followed by Benbrook (8-3-4, 4-2-2) with 20 points. Diamond Hill (6-3-6, 4-2-2) is currently in 3rd place with 19 points and Kennedale (8-4-6, 3-3-2) follows with 17 points. An athlete and a team are awarded 2 points for every goal scored and 1 point for every assist giving them their total points for each game played.
 
Lake Worth (2-2-13, 1-2-5) with 6 points and Springtown (1-3-9, 0-1-6) with 1 point round out the standings for the district. They are out of contention but could play a spoiler role in these last games of the season.
 
Cats with tougher schedule …
 
Diamond Hill plays 5th place Lake Worth tonight before finishing with Kennedale Tuesday. Benbrook plays 6th place Springtown tonight before playing their final game against first place Castleberry.
 
Kennedale has the tougher schedule in its final two games playing against the 1st and 3rd place teams. The Cats lost to the Castleberry Lions 2-1 in their first meeting. Kennedale tied Diamond Hill in regulation 1-1 but lost in the shoot out 4-2 that followed.
 
playoff seed matters …
 
The top four teams in the district earn a playoff berth. But, place matters, as the first place team is matched up with fourth place team from another district in the first round of playoff action.
 
Next Tuesday, Kennedale travels to Diamond Hill to finish the season and find out their place in the standings. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
 
Playoffs follow.

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