Soccer Recap: East Paulding Takes a Loss

East Paulding lost against Villa Rica back in February of 2024, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. East Paulding came up short against Villa Rica, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, East Paulding can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 171st, while Villa Rica are ranked 36th).

This is the second loss in a row for East Paulding and nudges their season record down to 5-3. As for Villa Rica, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 9-1.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. East Paulding is set to take on their familiar foe Alexander at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Villa Rica will square off against rival South Paulding at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.