Soccer Game Preview: Lassiter vs. River Ridge
By Team Reports
Mar 18, 2025, 11:44pm
Soccer Preview: Lassiter vs. River Ridge
Lassiter is on a six-game streak of home wins, while River Ridge is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lassiter Trojans will host the River Ridge Knights at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lassiter's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Alpharetta by a score of 2-0. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Raiders are ranked 136th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, River Ridge made easy work of Creekview on Tuesday and carried off a 6-0 win. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Creekview from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Moses Samstag led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
River Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Lassiter, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.
Lassiter skirted past River Ridge 3-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Does Lassiter have another victory up their sleeve, or will River Ridge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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