The Hazelwood Central Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the McCluer North Stars at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Hazelwood Central's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against McCluer as they made off with a 6-0 victory. The win continues a trend for Hazelwood Central in their matchups with McCluer: they've now won six in a row.
Amani Stovall and Julia Bockhorst scored all six of Hazelwood Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask McCluer North). They put the hurt on Jennings with a sharp 8-0 victory on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for McCluer North.
McCluer North pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four games. As for Hazelwood Central, their win bumped their record up to 10-5.
Hazelwood Central came out on top in a nail-biter against McCluer North in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Hawks since the team 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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