East Central is 4-0 against Greenfield-Central since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The East Central Trojans are on the road again to play the Greenfield-Central Cougars at 2:00 p.m. East Central's defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so Greenfield-Central's offense will have their work cut out for them.
East Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand New Palestine a 2-0 shutout. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Dragons are ranked 40th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Greenfield-Central's and Shelbyville's match on Thursday was close at halftime, but Greenfield-Central turned on the heat in the second half with four goals. Greenfield-Central put the hurt on Shelbyville with a sharp 5-0 win. Considering the Cougars have won five matchups by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Shelbyville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Carley Means (3),
Oliviana Ferrara, and
Paige Mccarley.
East Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-1 record this season. As for Greenfield-Central, their victory bumped their record up to 6-9.
East Central took their win against Greenfield-Central in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 4-0. Will East Central repeat their success, or does Greenfield-Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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