Lakota East is 9-1 against Middletown since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lakota East Thunderhawks will head out to square off against the Middletown Middies at 7:15 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Lakota East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against St. Xavier on Saturday. They came up short against the Bombers, falling 4-0. The Thunderhawks haven't had much luck with the Bombers recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Middletown's offense. They lost 7-0 to Lakota West on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Middies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Firebirds are ranked 17th).
Lakota East's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4-3. As for Middletown, they now have a losing record at 5-6-4.
Everything went Lakota East's way against Middletown in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Lakota East made off with a 7-2 win. In that contest, Lakota East amassed a halftime lead of 6-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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