The Lakota West Firebirds will challenge the New Albany Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Lakota West'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.
Lakota West is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Mason on Wednesday. The Firebirds took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Comets. While losing is never fun, Lakota West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while Mason are ranked 36th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Albany). They never let Reynoldsburg get on the board and left with a 7-0 win on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for New Albany.
New Albany's victory bumped their record up to 2-8-1. As for Lakota West, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6-1.
Lakota West was able to grind out a solid win over New Albany when the teams last played back in September of 2024, winning 2-0. Do the Firebirds have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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