The Lakota East Thunderhawks will venture away from home to challenge the Beavercreek Beavers at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Beavercreek heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Lakota East took over last week. Lakota East sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Middletown on Tuesday. Given the Thunderhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Middies are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Beavercreek hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Wayne a 6-0 shutout. The Beavers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Wayne from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Erick Silveira Pedro led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Lakota East's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4-3. As for Beavercreek, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-0-4 record this season.
Lakota East came up short against Beavercreek in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Lakota East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
