Indianapolis Crispus Attucks and Herron are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2015, but likely not for long. The Indianapolis Crispus Attucks Tigers will face off against the Herron Achaeans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
It was a proper cat-fight when Indianapolis Crispus Attucks duked it out withKnightstown on Wednesday. Indianapolis Crispus Attucks' defense stepped up to hand Knightstown a 9-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Tigers, who have now won five contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Herron). Everything went their way against Purdue Polytechnic on Thursday as Herron made off with an 8-1 win. Given the Achaeans' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Techies are ranked 221st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Herron's offense was hitting Purdue Polytechnic from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Gideon Nelson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
The victory made it two in a row for Indianapolis Crispus Attucks and bumps their season record up to 6-4-1. As for Herron, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Indianapolis Crispus Attucks suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Herron in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Indianapolis Crispus Attucks have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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