On Wednesday, August 23rd, the Boys Varsity Soccer team headed to South Lyon East to open up Lakes Valley Conference play. The game became physical early and the Eagles responded with solid defense. Midway through the first half, after an unlucky bounce, the Cougars were able to get the ball past the Lakeland defense and beat goal Alex Caines (#1). Going into the second half down 1-0, the Eagles pressed high against the South Lyon East defense. Just 2 minutes in, this strategy paid off with Zach Dobrin (#20) taking advantage of a mistake in the final third and popping a shot over the goal to even the score back to 1-1. Unfortunately, the Cougars responded quickly and within 5 minutes took back the lead. The Eagles midfield battled to get balls back up to the forward who got several shots on goal but left the defense a little vulnerable and South Lyon East added an insurance goal late to close out the game with a 3-1 loss for our Eagles.