The Santa Fe Raiders will challenge the Eastside Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Fe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Santa Fe is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Palatka a 5-0 shutout. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Panthers are ranked 536th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Santa Fe hit Palatka with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Wayne Boone (2), Kolt McMahon, Josh Cottle, and Giacomo Burgetto.
Meanwhile, Eastside beat Keystone Heights 3-1 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.
Eastside has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6-5 record this season. As for Santa Fe, their victory bumped their record up to 12-3-2.
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