The Lakes Eagles will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against the Grayslake Central Rams at 4:30 p.m. One thing working in Lakes' favor is that they have posted big goal totals in their last four matchups.
Lakes is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Wauconda (and have done all season long). Lakes' defense stepped up to hand Wauconda a 6-0 shutout on Tuesday. Lakes' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four contests.
Meanwhile, Grayslake Central was able to grind out a solid win over Grayslake North on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Grayslake Central was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Lila Hartmann and
Ava Henne, who scored both of Grayslake Central's goals. Those were goals were season-firsts for both players.
Lakes pushed their record up to 8-4-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Grayslake Central, their win bumped their record up to 3-5-2.
Lakes came out on top in a nail-biter against Grayslake Central when the teams last played back in April of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Lakes repeat their success, or does Grayslake Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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