Soccer Preview: Lakeland vs. West Scranton
Lakeland is 7-1 against West Scranton since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Lakeland Chiefs will challenge the West Scranton Invaders at 6:00 p.m.
Lakeland is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Dunmore on Monday. Lakeland fell just short of Dunmore by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Chiefs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 304th, while the Bucks are ranked 64th).
Meanwhile, West Scranton beat Western Wayne 5-3 on Monday. Bryan Barbosa was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Lakeland moved to 5-6 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for West Scranton, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
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