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PREP SOCCER: Lady Redskins battle Commerce for A-Public crown
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Social Circle’s Tess Preston (15) tries to find space against Metter’s defense April 25 in the Elite Eight round of the Class A-Public playoffs. Preston entered Tuesday’s match with 67 goals and 37 assists. - photo by Cassie Jones | The Covington News

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. — On Tuesday, May 3, the Social Circle Lady Redskins traveled to Macon on a quest to accomplish one thing: Win the state title. A familiar foe stood in their way, though. 

The Lady Redskins faced Region 8A-Public rival, Commerce Lady Tigers for all the marbles. 

Social Circle entered the match standing at 22-1 with their lone loss coming against Commerce on Feb. 7 on the road. On March 10, the Lady Redskins gave the Lady Tigers their lone loss of 2022 winning 3-1 at home. 

Both teams have had similar playoff runs, too.

Commerce defeated Montgomery County 14-0 in the first round, 10-0 against Claxton in round two and downed Towns County 5-1 on April 28, punching Commerce’s ticket to the big game. 

On the other hand, Social Circle enjoyed back-to-back 10-0 wins over Drew Charter and Irwin County in rounds one and two, respectively. The Lady Redskins triumphed over Metter in round three 7-0 and edged out a 3-1 victory over Atlanta Classical Academy. 

Tuesday’s match commenced at 5 p.m., after the The Covington News’ deadline for this publication. The News will provide full coverage of the state championship match in the weekend edition. Visit CovNews.com and follow @CovNewsSports on Twitter for the latest updates.