Soccer Preview: Franklin Central vs. Beech Grove
Franklin Central is 4-0 against Beech Grove since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Franklin Central Flashes will head out on the road to take on the Beech Grove Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Franklin Central will be strutting in after a victory while Beech Grove will be coming in after a defeat.
On Saturday, it was close, but Franklin Central sidestepped Batesville for a 2-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Flashes.
Braden Carman and
Cooper Hornaday scored both of Franklin Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to three goals.
Meanwhile, Beech Grove was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They lost 6-0 to Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 303rd, while the Raiders are ranked 101st).
Franklin Central is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5-2 record this season. As for Beech Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12.
Franklin Central skirted past Beech Grove 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2017. Will Franklin Central repeat their success, or does Beech Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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