The Garrett Railroaders will challenge the West Noble Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. West Noble is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.5 goals per game this season.
Garrett managed to keep up with Columbia City until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Railroaders lost 6-1 to the Eagles. While losing is never fun, Garrett can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 281st, while Columbia City are ranked 133rd).
Meanwhile, after a string of 10 wins, West Noble's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. While the 2-2 score might suggest a draw, it was Westview who was credited with the win. The Warriors got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to West Noble's three. Surprisingly, this marked the third straight game in which the away team has come away the victor in this series.
West Noble's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 9-1 and their overall record down to 13-3-1. As for Garrett, they have been struggling recently as they've lost 12 of their last 14 matches. That's left a mark on their 3-12 record this season.
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