The East Central Trojans are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Franklin Central Flashes at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
East Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They never let Greenfield-Central onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Cougars are ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Franklin Central had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Titans as they made off with a 9-0 win. It was an even better day for Nyla McCarthy as she scored three goals for her team.
East Central is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-2-1 record this season. As for Franklin Central, they now have a winning record of 11-10-1.
East Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Franklin Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2020, winning 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Central 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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