Bloomington South and Castle are an even 4-4-1 against one another since September of 2015, but likely not for long. The Bloomington South Panthers will face off against the Castle Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Bloomington South comes in on 17 and Castle on 11.
Bloomington South is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Center Grove a 2-0 shutout. The Panthers found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Stefan Bartlett and Joe DeGiorgio were both handed yellow cards.
Mateo Soto and
Konrad Polit scored both of Bloomington South's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, Castle sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Seymour on Thursday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Owls are ranked 40th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bloomington South's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1. As for Castle, their victory bumped their record up to 15-3-1.
Bloomington South was able to grind out a solid win over Castle in their previous matchup back in August of 2022, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bloomington South since the squad 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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