Soccer Game Preview: Gretna East Takes on Bennington

By Team Reports May 9, 2024, 3:10am

Soccer Preview: Gretna East vs. Bennington

The Gretna East Griffins will face off against the Bennington Badgers at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Gretna East sitting on 11 straight victories and Bennington on six.

Gretna East is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They blew past Scotus 12-3. The result was nothing new for Gretna East, who have now won 14 matches by three goals or more so far this season.

They hit Scotus with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Sonora DeFini (6), Kendall Dobberstein (3), Madi Shelburne (2), and Addison LaRock.

Meanwhile, Bennington faced Northwest in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Bennington's defense stepped up to hand Northwest a 2-0 shutout. Give Bennington's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Gretna East's win bumped their record up to 19-1. As for Bennington, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.

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