The East Laurens Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Georgia Military College Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. East Laurens will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 236th, while Georgia Military College is ranked 67th).
Last Friday, East Laurens kept a clean sheet against Swainsboro. They won by a goal and slipped past the Tigers 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Laurens.
Meanwhile, Georgia Military College had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Everything went their way against the Tigers as they made off with a 10-0 win. Georgia Military College might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
Georgia Military College used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Greene County. Three players hit the pitch for the first time this season: Landen Pevey, James Walters, and Ayush Patel. Patel made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
East Laurens' victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3-1. As for Georgia Military College, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
East Laurens suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Georgia Military College in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. Can East Laurens avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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