The DeKalb Barons will challenge the Angola Hornets at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Wednesday, DeKalb made easy work of Heritage and carried off a 9-4 victory. That's two games straight that the Barons have won by exactly five goals.
Meanwhile, Angola entered their tilt with Lakewood Park Christian on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 7-0 shutout. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Panthers are ranked 246th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Angola's offense was hitting Lakewood Park Christian from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Cameron Steury led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
DeKalb is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5-1 record this season. As for Angola, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home.
DeKalb beat Angola by a goal in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-2. Will DeKalb repeat their success, or does Angola have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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