Lexington is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Saturday. They will be playing in front of their home fans against the Gross Catholic Cougars at 11:00 a.m. Lexington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Lexington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Papillion-LaVista South, who was ranked first at the time (Lexington was ranked 16th). The Minutemen took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Titans last Saturday. Lexington haven't had much luck with Papillion-LaVista South recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Lexington's goal came courtesy of Javier Garcia-Escobar, who's now up to four this season.
Fans were treated to a battle of the Cougars on Tuesday. Gross Catholic blew past Conestoga 5-1. Considering Gross Catholic has won six contests by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Gross Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 37 goals over those ten matchups. As for Lexington, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5.
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