Lubbock is 0-8 against Wylie since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lubbock Westerners will head out on the road to challenge the Wylie Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Lubbock will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 515th, while Wylie is ranked 77th).
Lubbock was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 7-0 walloping at the hands of Abilene.
Meanwhile, Wylie had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Monterey. That's two games straight that Wylie has won by exactly one goal.
Lubbock's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14-4. As for Wylie, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-2 record this season.
Lubbock came up short against Wylie in their previous matchup back in February, falling 2-0. Can Lubbock avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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