Soccer Game Preview: Skyline Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 1, 2024, 4:43am

Soccer Preview: Skyline vs. Highland

Skyline is 9-1 against Highland since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Skyline Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Highland Rams at 3:30 p.m. Highland took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Skyline, who comes in off a win.

Skyline took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They skirted past Olympus 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Skyline was the better team in the second half.

Alexander Horton was the driving force of Skyline's attack as he scored both of Skyline's goals, his season total up to six goals.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Highland was not quite West's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Panthers. The defeat continues a trend for Highland in their matchups with West: they've now lost six in a row.

Skyline's victory bumped their record up to 4-9. As for Highland, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.

Skyline might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Highland when the teams last played back in April. Can Skyline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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