The Locust Grove Pirates will head out to take on the Fort Gibson Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Locust Grove took a ten-goal defeat the last time they faced off against Webster, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Pirates' defense stepped up to hand the Warriors a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Locust Grove were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Jace Curtis, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Fort Gibson had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.4 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over Regent Prep. The result was nothing new for Fort Gibson, who have now won five matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Fort Gibson pushed their record up to 7-6-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored ten goals over those three contests. As for Locust Grove, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-5.
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