The Hammond Central Wolves will square off against the Merrillville Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hammond Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Hammond Central will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Hammond Morton on Thursday. Hammond Central blew past Hammond Morton 7-1. Wolves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Hammond Morton from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Julian Cortez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, for the first time since back in August, Merrillville was forced to settle for a draw on Saturday. They and Hobart finished up their contest with a 0-0 draw.
Hammond Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-5 record this season. With that draw, Merrillville's record moves to 6-7-3.
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