The East Central Trojans will challenge the Center Grove Trojans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
East Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was East Central who was credited with the victory. East Central got it done in the shootout by posting five goals to Carmel's four.
Center Grove is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Castle, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Center Grove was ranked fourth). Center Grove's defense stepped up to hand Castle a 1-0 shutout on Saturday. The Trojans' winning goal came courtesy of Aubrie LeMasters.
East Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2-1 record this season. As for Center Grove, their win bumped their record up to 15-4-3.
East Central skirted past Center Grove 1-0 in their previous meeting back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Central since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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