The Lake View Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Marine Leadership Academy Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Illinois (Lake View is ranked 160th, while Marine Leadership Academy is ranked 175th).
Lake View is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Payton College Prep just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 5-0 to the Grizzlies. Lake View has not had much luck with Payton College Prep recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Marine Leadership Academy can now relate to. While the 3-3 score might suggest a draw, it was the Lions who were credited with the victory. Lincoln Park got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Marine Leadership Academy's three. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Marine Leadership Academy couldn't quite close it out.
Lake View's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4-1. As for Marine Leadership Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 9-6-2.
Lake View suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Marine Leadership Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2023. Can Lake View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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