Preview: Lake Highlands vs. Richardson
The Lake Highlands Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Richardson Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake Highlands has four straight victories, Richardson has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Lake Highlands gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Irving. It was an even better day for Katelyn Hoppers as she scored four goals for her team.
Meanwhile, Richardson fell victim to Highland Park's stalwart defense on Friday and couldn't make it onto the board. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Scots. While losing is never fun, Richardson can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 114th, while Highland Park is ranked 21st).
Lake Highlands is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-2 record this season. As for Richardson, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-7-1.
Lake Highlands came up short against Richardson in their previous meeting back in January, falling 3-1. Can Lake Highlands avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
