Lockhart is 0-3 against Rouse since February of 2023 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Lockhart Lions will look to defend their home pitch against the Rouse Raiders at 7:15 p.m. Lockhart 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 389th, while Rouse is ranked 118th).
For the first time since back in January, Lockhart was forced to settle for a draw on Friday. They and Cedar Park finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw.
Lockhart avoided a loss thanks to
Christian Branch and
Alejandro Cruz, who posted both of Lockhart's goals. The pair have combined for a total of six so far this season.
Meanwhile, Rouse waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins but they left with four. They blew past Lehman 4-1. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Lockhart's draw gives them a new season record of 9-9-3. As for Rouse, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-4 record this season.
Lockhart suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Rouse in their previous meeting on February 2nd. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lockhart was down 3-0.
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