Soccer Preview: Pleasant Grove vs. Lone Peak
The Pleasant Grove Vikings will head out on the road to take on the Lone Peak Knights at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lone Peak is hoping to do on Wednesday what Westlake couldn't on Friday: put an end to Pleasant Grove's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Pleasant Grove beat Westlake by a goal, winning 4-3. Given Pleasant Grove's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while Westlake is ranked 57th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lone Peak put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Friday. Everything went their way against Lehi as Lone Peak made off with an 8-0 win. Winning may never get old, but Lone Peak sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Pleasant Grove's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Lone Peak, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1.
Pleasant Grove came up short against Lone Peak in their previous matchup back in March, falling 3-1. Can Pleasant Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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