Lakes is 8-0 against Grant Community since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lakes Eagles will look to defend their home pitch against the Grant Community Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lakes has six straight wins, Grant Community has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lakes will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against Grayslake North on Tuesday. Lakes walked away with a 4-2 victory over Grayslake North. Given Lakes' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 65th, while Grayslake North is ranked 255th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Grant Community fell victim to Round Lake and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 4-0 to the Panthers.
Lakes is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-1 record this season. As for Grant Community, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12-1.
Everything went Lakes' way against Grant Community in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Lakes made off with a 5-1 win. Does Lakes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grant Community turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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