Effingham County hasn't had much luck against Lakeside recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Effingham County Rebels will square off against the Lakeside Panthers at 5:30 p.m. Effingham County will be strutting in after a victory while Lakeside will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Effingham County turned things around against Evans on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Knights by a score of 3-1. The win was all the more spectacular given the Rebels' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Knights are ranked 76th).
Abbi Akins and Ella Mclaurin scored all three of Effingham County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, Lakeside didn't have quite enough to beat Greenbrier on Tuesday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by just one goal.
This is the second loss in a row for Lakeside and nudges their season record down to 3-4. As for Effingham County, their victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 3-7.
Effingham County suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Lakeside in their previous matchup on March 4th. Can Effingham County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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