Lakeview is 9-0-1 against McKinley since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lakeview Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the McKinley Red Dragons at 7:00 p.m. Lakeview is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Lakeview is headed into Thursday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell 3-1 to Poland Seminary on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that Lakeview has lost by exactly two goals.
Their goal came courtesy of
Aidan Barnot, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, McKinley was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They came up short against Hubbard, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 558th, while the Eagles are ranked 97th).
Lakeview's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for McKinley, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-11.
Lakeview took their win against McKinley in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeview since the team 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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