Southeast Polk has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Woodward-Granger Hawks on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Southeast Polk's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Lincoln as Southeast Polk made off with a 4-0 victory. Given Southeast Polk's advantage in MaxPreps' Iowa soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Lincoln is ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Woodward-Granger got the win against Maryville on Friday by a conclusive 5-0. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Woodward-Granger's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Southeast Polk is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Woodward-Granger, their win bumped their record up to 5-6-1.
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