The Columbia City Eagles will face off against the Homestead Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Columbia City is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Huntington North as Columbia City made off with a 6-1 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.
Meanwhile, Homestead had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.9 goals) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Saints a 1-0 shutout. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Saints are ranked 26th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Homestead's one-goal win came courtesy of
Audrey Johnson, who's now up to 25 this season.
The win snapped Columbia City's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-9 record. As for Homestead, they pushed their record up to 13-2-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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