The Hanover Central Wildcats will challenge the Portage Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hanover Central has seven straight victories, Portage has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hanover Central will bounce into Monday's matchup after beating Hammond Bishop Noll, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Hanover Central beat Hammond Bishop Noll by a goal, winning 5-4. Kyle Otworowski was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Portage managed to keep up with Crown Point until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Portage came up short against Crown Point, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 17th).
Hanover Central pushed their record up to 7-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Portage, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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