Lexington is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Crete is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Lexington Minutemen will take on the Crete Cardinals at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Thursday, Lexington kept a clean sheet against Northwest. They put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 4-0 victory. Give Lexington's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They hit Northwest with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jorge Zamora,
Fernando Caballero,
Esteban Tovar-Morales, and
Fernando Casillas.
Meanwhile, Crete faced Aurora in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Crete blew past Aurora 4-1. That's two games straight that Crete has won by exactly three goals.
Lexington is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Crete, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
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