The Ankeny Centennial Jaguars will square off against the Central Springs Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ankeny Centennial will come into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
Ankeny Centennial is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Valley, who was ranked second at the time (Ankeny Centennial was ranked first). The Jaguars never let the Tigers get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Tuesday. Ankeny Centennial wouldn't have won without Kaden Macphail, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Central Springs duked it out with Marshalltown on Tuesday. The Panthers fell 3-1 to the Bobcats. Central Springs have struggled against Marshalltown recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Ankeny Centennial pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Central Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5-2.
Ankeny Centennial took their win against Central Springs in their previous matchup back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 7-0 score. Do the Jaguars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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