Soccer Recap: Leesburg Has No Trouble Against South Sumter

Yellow Jackets

Margin (Wins)

01/13/25 @ South Sumter	8
12/20/24 @ Citrus	5
01/09/25 vs Lecanto	4
12/16/24 @ Belleview	2
01/07/25 @ The Villages Charter	-3

The matchup between Leesburg and South Sumter on Monday hardly resembled the 1-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Leesburg Yellow Jackets put the hurt on the South Sumter Raiders with a sharp 8-0 victory. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.

Their offense was hitting South Sumter from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Beckham Gahret led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.

The win made it two in a row for Leesburg and bumps their season record up to 11-2-1. As for South Sumter, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-13 record this season.

Leesburg will host Citrus at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for South Sumter, they will venture away from home to face off against Lake Minneola at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.