Soccer Preview: Pickerington Central vs. Lancaster
Pickerington Central is 7-0-2 against Lancaster since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pickerington Central Tigers will head out to face off against the Lancaster Golden Gales at 7:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pickerington Central has four straight wins, Lancaster has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pickerington Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Franklin Heights 10-1 on Monday. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Franklin Heights from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
C.J. Ballenger led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lancaster came up short against Bishop Hartley on Saturday, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Golden Gales can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 415th, while the Hawks are ranked 76th).
Pickerington Central's victory bumped their record up to 4-2-1. As for Lancaster, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Pickerington Central took their win against Lancaster in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Pickerington Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lancaster turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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