The Springboro Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Lakota West Firebirds at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Springboro is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Ohio's top teams: Centerville, who was ranked 21st at the time (Springboro was ranked 15th). The Panthers took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Elks on Wednesday. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Springboro couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Lakota West made sure to put some goals up on the board against Colerain on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 4-0 margin over the Cardinals. Lakota West haven't had any issues with Colerain recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
The victory got Lakota West back to even at 7-7-1. As for Springboro, with the loss, they broke their four-match winning streak and moved their record to 13-2-1.
Everything went Springboro's way against Lakota West in their previous meeting back in September of 2024, as Springboro made off with a 5-1 win. In that contest, the Panthers amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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