Gretna is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Lincoln East is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Gretna Dragons will take on the Lincoln East Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Gretna will be strutting in after a win while Lincoln East will be coming in after a loss.
Gretna is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Bellevue West, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (Gretna was ranked eighth). Gretna never let Bellevue West onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory on Thursday. Gretna might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won six matches by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Lincoln East was not quite Pius X's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Thunderbolts by a score of 1-0.
Gretna's win bumped their record up to 9-4. As for Lincoln East, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-2.
Gretna was able to grind out a solid victory over Lincoln East in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Gretna repeat their success, or does Lincoln East have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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