Soccer Game Preview: Wayne County vs. Loyd Star

By Team Reports Dec 4, 2024, 12:52am

Soccer Preview: Wayne County vs. Loyd Star

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The Wayne County War Eagles will head out to square off against the Loyd Star Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.

Wayne County is headed into Thursday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They fell just short of East Central by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Loyd Star entered their tilt with West Lincoln on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They blew past the Bears 8-0. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by three goals or more this season.

Their offense was hitting West Lincoln from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Kaleb Waldrop led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.

Loyd Star is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those six contests. As for Wayne County, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.

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