Soccer Game Preview: Lake Central on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 10, 2024, 1:05pm

Soccer Preview: Lake Central vs. Portage

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Lake Central is 10-0 against Portage since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Lake Central Indians will welcome the Portage Indians at 6:30 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Last Saturday, Lake Central and McCracken County finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw.

Meanwhile, Portage came up short against Hanover Central on Monday and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Wildcats are ranked 25th).

Lake Central's draw makes their record 2-3-2 this season. As for Portage, they dropped their record down to 1-7 with that loss, which was their fifth straight on the road.

Lake Central beat Portage 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Lake Central repeat their success, or does Portage have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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