After two games on the road, Battle Ground is heading back home. They will take on the La Center Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Battle Ground's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Last Tuesday, Battle Ground suffered a rough 6-1 loss at the hands of Camas. While losing is never fun, Battle Ground can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 186th, while Camas is ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, La Center kept a clean sheet against Winlock on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with a 5-0 victory. Five seems to be a good number for La Center as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They hit Winlock with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ian Johnson (2),
Ethan Wilson,
Callum Bradley, and
Garrett Grindle.
Battle Ground's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for La Center, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-5.
Battle Ground beat La Center by a goal in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, winning 3-2. Will Battle Ground repeat their success, or does La Center have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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