Soccer Preview: Lake vs. Van Buren
The Lake Flyers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Van Buren Black Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Lake had been on a four-game streak of scoring at least four goals, but Maumee put an end to it on Wednesday. Lake lost 9-0 to Maumee. While losing is never fun, the Flyers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Panthers are ranked 36th).
Meanwhile, Van Buren kept a clean sheet against Upper Sandusky on Thursday. They came out on top against the Rams by a score of 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Black Knights.
The loss snapped Lake's winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 11-2-1 record. As for Van Buren, they pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Lake was able to grind out a solid win over Van Buren when the teams last played back in August of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Van Buren turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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