Eastside is 7-2 against Walnut Grove since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Eastside Eagles will be playing at home against the Walnut Grove Warriors at 5:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastside has three straight victories, Walnut Grove has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Eastside put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Heritage a 6-0 shutout. Six seems to be a good number for Eastside as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Walnut Grove's offense. They fell victim to a rough 8-0 defeat at the hands of North Oconee on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Walnut Grove can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 134th, while North Oconee is ranked 35th).
Eastside's victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-8. As for Walnut Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Everything went Eastside's way against Walnut Grove in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 as Eastside made off with a 5-0 win. Will Eastside repeat their success, or does Walnut Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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