East Lyme and Bacon Academy are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2016, but likely not for long. The East Lyme Vikings will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Bacon Academy Bobcats at 11:00 a.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Tuesday, East Lyme earned a 4-2 win over Windham. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while the Whippets are ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Bacon Academy). Everything went their way against Griswold on Thursday as Bacon Academy made off with a 10-0 victory. With that win, the Bobcats brought their scoring average up to 3.1 goals per game.
Their offense was hitting Griswold from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Eddie Hageman led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
East Lyme's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2-1. As for Bacon Academy, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1-5.
East Lyme took their victory against Bacon Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Lyme since the squad 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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