Maconaquah has won three straight games at home, while Tipton has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Maconaquah Braves will host the Tipton Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Maconaquah is coming into the game fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Rochester that saw the pair combine for 15 shots on goal. Maconaquah blew past Rochester 6-1 on Saturday. Considering the Braves have won six contests by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Rochester with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Garrett McManus (2),
Colton Beebe (2),
Carlos Gallarado, and Gallarado.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tipton). Their defense stepped up to hand Rossville a 5-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Hornets are ranked 305th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Maconaquah is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. As for Tipton, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3-1.
Maconaquah took their win against Tipton when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 9-0. Will Maconaquah repeat their success, or does Tipton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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