Newton South has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions faces off against the Weston Wildcats at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Newton South's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Things were looking good for Newton South after they put the first points on the board on Saturday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Franklin by a score of 2-1. While the Lions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 1-0 in the first half.
Newton South's goal came courtesy of
Amelie Wrangles, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Weston hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Lincoln-Sudbury. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while the Warriors are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Newton South's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6-5. As for Weston, their win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-0-1.
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