Lafayette is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Thursday. They will head out to take on the Pontotoc Warriors at 6:45 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Lafayette barely beat Amory the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Commodores' defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 4-0 shutout on Monday. Lafayette haven't had any issues with Amory recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pontotoc). Everything went their way against Nettleton last Thursday as they made off with a 10-0 win. Give Pontotoc's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
The victory got Lafayette back to even at 4-4. As for Pontotoc, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Lafayette skirted past Pontotoc 1-0 in their previous meeting back in February. Will the Commodores repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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