The New Lexington Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Gallia Academy Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. New Lexington has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with six straight defeats, while Gallia Academy will come in with ten straight wins.
New Lexington lost 14-1 to John Glenn on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 529th, while the Little Muskies are ranked 140th).
Meanwhile, Gallia Academy kept a clean sheet against Rock Hill on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Redmen as they made off with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Blue Devils have won nine contests by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Rock Hill from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Logen Drummond led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
New Lexington's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Gallia Academy, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
New Lexington suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Gallia Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2022. Can New Lexington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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