Soccer Preview: Paideia vs. East Laurens
The Paideia Pythons will take on the East Laurens Falcons on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Paideia is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Elbert County with a sharp 9-0 win. Give Paideia's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Elbert County from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Niko Carpenter led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, East Laurens had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Trojans.
Paideia pushed their record up to 10-3-2 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for East Laurens, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season.
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