Preview: Lakeside vs. Effingham County
Lakeside is 4-0 against Effingham County since April of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Lakeside Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Effingham County Rebels at 5:00 p.m. Lakeside is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
On Tuesday, Lakeside kept a clean sheet against Grovetown. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 2-0. Given Lakeside's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 40th, while Grovetown is ranked 132nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lakeside was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Elise Graybill and
Lillie Sheffield, who scored both of Lakeside's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 11 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Effingham County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell just short of South Effingham by a score of 2-1.
Lakeside is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season. As for Effingham County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Lakeside came out on top in a nail-biter against Effingham County when the teams last played back in February, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeside since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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