The Indian Creek Timberwolves will face off against the Rochelle Hubs at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Indian Creek will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Monday, then bounced right back against Hinckley-Big Rock on Wednesday. The Timberwolves were the clear victors by a 6-1 margin over the Royals. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Indian Creek's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rochelle). Everything went their way against LaSalle-Peru on Wednesday as they made off with a 6-2 victory. With Rochelle ahead 5-1 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Rochelle's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 6-7. As for Indian Creek, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-3 record.
Everything went Indian Creek's way against Rochelle when the teams last played back in April of 2023, as Indian Creek made off with a 5-1 win. Will the Timberwolves repeat their success, or do the Hubs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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