The Hammond Central Wolves are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Lake Central Indians at 6:00 p.m. Hammond Central will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Hammond Central's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Hammond Morton. Considering Wolves have won five games by more than three goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Hammond Morton with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jacqueline Garcia (3),
Melanie Lopez (3),
Jazmin Jimenez, and
Yoselin Medina.
Meanwhile, Lake Central had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Red Devils out 2-1. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Red Devils are ranked 92nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hammond Central's victory bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Lake Central, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
Hammond Central suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Lake Central when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Hammond Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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