The South County Stallions will head out on the road to challenge the Lewis Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. South County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 180th, while Lewis is ranked 29th).
South County took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They never let Mount Vernon onto the board and left with a 2-0 win.
Meanwhile, Lewis put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their undefeated season alive. They walked away with a 6-4 victory over Annandale. Giovanni Hernandez was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Lewis used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Annandale. Moad Ezzahir played for 80 minutes having averaged 52.5 this season and Denis Martinez got 80 vs. an average of 53.6. Ezzahir made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
South County is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-8-5 record this season. As for Lewis, they pushed their record up to 15-0-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home.
South County suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lewis when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Can South County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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