Soccer Preview: Lathrop vs. Colony
Lathrop is 1-9 against Colony since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lathrop Malemutes will head out on the road to square off against the Colony Knights at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Lathrop's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Redington with a sharp 18-0 win. It was an even better day for Gavin Wilson as he scored four goals for his team.
Meanwhile, Colony stacked a fourth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Eagle River. Kaden Lynch had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Colony got from the refs.
The victory made it two in a row for Lathrop and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Colony, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Lathrop suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Colony when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Lathrop avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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