Lincoln-Way East is 2-8 against Lockport since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Lincoln-Way East Griffins are on the road again to play the Lockport Porters at 10:00 a.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Lincoln-Way East is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Lincoln-Way East who was credited with the victory. Lincoln-Way East got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Andrew's two. Even though the Griffins got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Samuel Hernandez was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Lincoln-Way East's one-goal win came courtesy of
Owen Bohren, who's now up to four this season.
Lockport is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Lincoln-Way Central, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Lockport was ranked eighth). Lockport never let Lincoln-Way Central onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday. Winning may never get old, but the Porters sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Lincoln-Way East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4-2 record this season. As for Lockport, their victory bumped their record up to 16-4-1.
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