The Lake Wales Highlanders will square off against the Middleton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lake Wales is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Lake Wales is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Mulberry a 3-0 shutout. The score was close at the half, but the Highlanders pulled away in the second half with two goals.
Martin Aguilar and Isaac Rivera scored all three of Lake Wales' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, Middleton entered their tilt with Lake Region on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 4-2 win over the Thunder. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Tigers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 490th, while the Thunder are ranked 238th).
Lake Wales' win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-8-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those six matchups. As for Middleton, their victory bumped their record up to 6-8-1.
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