Preview: Salado vs. Little River Academy
Salado is 10-0 against Little River Academy since February of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Salado Eagles will look to defend their home pitch against the Little River Academy Bumblebees at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salado has three straight wins, Little River Academy has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Salado stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Brownwood a 3-0 shutout. Given Salado's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 80th, while Brownwood is ranked 620th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Salado hit Brownwood with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Cody Roquemore,
Thaddeus Heckman, and
Jackson Husung.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Little River Academy's offense. They were the victim of a tough 6-0 defeat at the hands of Gatesville on Tuesday.
Salado's win bumped their record up to 16-1-1. As for Little River Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
Salado took their victory against Little River Academy in their previous matchup on February 2nd by a conclusive 16-0. Does Salado have another victory up their sleeve, or will Little River Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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