The Salado Eagles will face off against the La Grange Leopards at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Salado is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Salado's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Smithville 11-0. It was an even better day for Owen Stone as he scored five goals for his team.
Something new happened on Friday as Richard McCoin saw his first action of the season, playing 20 minutes against Smithville. McCoin made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, La Grange's game on Friday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Caldwell. That's two games straight that the Leopards have won by exactly two goals.
La Grange pushed their record up to 6-4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those four contests. As for Salado, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2-3 record this season.
Salado took their win against La Grange when the teams last played back in March of 2017 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Salado repeat their success, or does La Grange have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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