Soccer Recap: Crooms Academy's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Friday

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Crooms Academy can now relate to. They lost 8-0 to the Lake Highland Prep Highlanders on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 562nd, while the Highlanders are ranked 25th).

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Previous 5 Games

01/24/25 vs Lake Highland Prep	0-8
01/22/25 vs Umatilla	4-2
01/17/25 vs Merritt Island Christian	3-1
01/16/25 vs Lake Mary Prep	5-4
01/14/25 vs Altamonte Christian	7-0

Crooms Academy moved to 7-11 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak. As for Lake Highland Prep, their record now sits at 7-4-2.

Crooms Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lake Highland Prep, they also wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against The Villages Charter on the 29th.