Soccer Game Preview: Lord Botetourt vs. Staunton River

Cavaliers

Goals

04/25/25 @ Franklin County	4
04/24/25 vs Salem	1
04/22/25 vs Northside	3
04/17/25 vs Fleming	1
04/15/25 @ William Byrd	1
+ 5 more games

The Lord Botetourt Cavaliers will challenge the Staunton River Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lord Botetourt is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.

Lord Botetourt's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on Franklin County with a sharp 4-0 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Lord Botetourt considering their one-goal performance the game before.

They hit Franklin County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Robbie Sanchez, Isaac Alderman, Will Hall, and Jeremy Simmons.

Meanwhile, Staunton River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They came up short against Fleming, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, Staunton River can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 270th, while Fleming are ranked 56th).

Staunton River's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Lord Botetourt, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.

Lord Botetourt took their win against Staunton River in their previous meeting back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 5-0 score. Will the Cavaliers repeat their success, or do the Golden Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.