Soccer Recap: Lakeland Drops Highest Score of Season Against Ridge Community

Dreadnaughts

Team Score

01/13/25 vs Ridge Community	8
12/02/24 vs Fort Meade	6
11/22/24 vs Lake Wales	5
11/19/24 vs Bartow	3
12/20/24 @ Winter Haven	2

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakeland). They put the hurt on the Ridge Community Bolts with a sharp 8-0 victory on Monday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Dreadnaughts considering their one-goal performance the game before.

Their offense was hitting Ridge Community from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Naomi Garner led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by herself.

Lakeland is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those four contests. As for Ridge Community, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 7-12-1.

Lakeland will host Frostproof at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Ridge Community, they are taking a road trip to square off against Ridgeview Global Studies Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ridgeview Global Studies Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.6 goals per game this season.