The Lancaster Golden Gales will square off against the Athens Bulldogs at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Lancaster is out to stop a six-game streak of losses at home.
Lancaster is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Canal Winchester on Thursday. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Athens unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Gallia Academy. The Bulldogs were red-hot offensively headed into the contest (they scored no less than four goals in the three games prior) but the Blue Devils' defense proved too tough.
Lancaster's loss dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Athens, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3.
Lancaster might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Athens in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lancaster was down 3-0.
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