Soccer Game Preview: Gardner-Edgerton vs. Shawnee Mission South + How To Watch

The Gardner-Edgerton Trailblazers will face off against the Shawnee Mission South Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Gardner-Edgerton's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Gardner-Edgerton is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Olathe East on Thursday. The Trailblazers fell just short of the Hawks by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Gardner-Edgerton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while Olathe East are ranked fourth).

Gardner-Edgerton was without their leading scorer, Ricardo Garcia De La Cruz, in Thursday's match. With Garcia De La Cruz sidelined, the Trailblazers had to make some changes to the lineup. Asher Laws played for 80 minutes having averaged 45.7 this season.

Meanwhile, Shawnee Mission South and Shawnee Mission Northwest faced off in a cross-town battle on Thursday. The Raiders had just enough and edged out the Cougars 2-1.

Gardner-Edgerton's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Shawnee Mission South, they now have a winning record of 3-2.