The Lake Forest Scouts will take on the Buffalo Grove Bison at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lake Forest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Buffalo Grove better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Lake Forest really get things going. Lake Forest's defense stepped up to hand Waukegan a 6-0 shutout on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Scouts considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Their offense was hitting Waukegan from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Theo Jamboretz led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Buffalo Grove's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rolling Meadows on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 141st, while the Mustangs are ranked 20th).
Lake Forest's win bumped their record up to 6-3-3. As for Buffalo Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6-2.
Lake Forest came up short against Buffalo Grove in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Lake Forest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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