The Lake Ridge Eagles will head out on the road to challenge the Skyline Raiders at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Lake Ridge will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 431st, while Skyline is ranked 198th).
Last Tuesday, Lake Ridge's game was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They beat Mansfield by a goal, winning 2-1. The win was just what Lake Ridge needed coming off of a 5-2 loss in their prior contest.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Aidan Aguilera-Reeves and
Lance Taggart, who scored both of Lake Ridge's goals. The pair have combined for a total of five so far this season.
Meanwhile, Skyline put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Mansfield Legacy 4-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Skyline.
Lake Ridge's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-10-2. As for Skyline, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-1 record this season.
Lake Ridge suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Skyline when the teams last played back in January. Can Lake Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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