Shorthanded ML soccer struggles in pair of losses

The last thing Medical Lake head girls soccer coach Zane Higgins needed was injuries on his already thin roster.

But that was the case last week where the Cardinals lost a pair of Northeast A League matches, 5-1 at Riverside on Sept. 18 and 6-0 at home to Colville, Sept. 20. Medical Lake (1-4 NEA, 1-6 overall) did earn a nonleague win, 7-0 against Kettle Falls last Saturday.

“Injuries are taking a toll,” Higgins said. “We played games on Tuesday and Thursday with only a couple of subs per game.”

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