The Lennard Longhorns will square off against the Palmetto Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Lennard managed to keep up with Hillsborough until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Lennard lost 5-0 to Hillsborough. The Longhorns have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Palmetto was not quite Lakewood Ranch's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while the Mustangs are ranked 26th).
Palmetto's defeat dropped their record down to 7-11-2. As for Lennard, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8-3.
Lennard suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Palmetto in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Can Lennard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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