The Lakota West Firebirds's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Lakota East Thunderhawks at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Lakota West's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Lakota West's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Anderson on Saturday. They came up short against the Raptors, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Firebirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Raptors are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lakota East). They never let Middletown onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Thunderhawks, who have now won six matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Middletown with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sophia Ford (2),
Lauren Matlack (2),
Abby Vogelmann, and
Randi Morgan.
Lakota West's loss dropped their record down to 9-5-1. As for Lakota East, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6-2 record this season.
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