Soccer Preview: Papillion-LaVista vs. Columbus
The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Columbus Discoverers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
After a 10-0 finish the last time they played, Papillion-LaVista and Bellevue East decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. Papillion-LaVista's defense stepped up to hand Bellevue East a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday. Give Papillion-LaVista's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Columbus faced Kearney in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Columbus beat Kearney by a goal, winning 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for Columbus as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Emely Robledo and
Callen Heule, who scored both of Columbus' goals. Those were goals were season-firsts for both players.
Papillion-LaVista's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Columbus, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
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