The New Prairie Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Morgan Township Cherokees at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. New Prairie is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
New Prairie is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Saturday, they were much more limited against South Bend Adams on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles. It was the first time this season that the Cougars let down their fans at home.
Their goal came courtesy of
Jordan Vesper, who's now up to 17 this season.
Meanwhile, Morgan Township kept a clean sheet against Andrean on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Fighting 59ers. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Cherokees were the better team in the second half.
New Prairie's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-4. As for Morgan Township, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Everything went New Prairie's way against Morgan Township in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 as New Prairie made off with a 5-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for New Prairie 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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