The Gateway Eagles will take on the Palmetto Ridge Bears in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Gateway will be strutting in after a win while Palmetto Ridge will be coming in after a defeat.
Gateway is headed into the matchup having not lost since the sixth and will look to keep things rolling. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Lehigh 2-1. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Lightning are ranked 481st), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Palmetto Ridge managed to keep up with St. Thomas Aquinas until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Palmetto Ridge lost 6-0 to St. Thomas Aquinas. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Bears' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Palmetto Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 1-8-4. As for Gateway, they pushed their record up to 9-3-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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