Soccer Preview: Shawnee vs. Lake Catholic
The Shawnee Indians will venture away from home to square off against the Lake Catholic Cougars at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday. Shawnee is coming into the game hot, having won their last 12 games.
Shawnee is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They never let Perkins onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. The Indians' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last eight matches.
They hit Perkins with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Noah Scheid (2),
Luca FusiLLo (2),
Caleb Miller, and
Connor Hoops.
Meanwhile, Lake Catholic came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with 11 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Shoremen 3-2. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Shoremen are ranked 45th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shawnee is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-1-1 record this season. As for Lake Catholic, they pushed their record up to 18-1-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
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