The Indian Lake Lakers will face off against the Jackson Center Tigers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Indian Lake is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Indian Lake's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They beat Graham Local by a goal, winning 1-0. Given the Lakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Falcons are ranked 490th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Indian Lake's one-goal win came courtesy of
Avery Pequignot, who's now up to 18 this season.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Jackson Center was forced to settle for a draw. They and New Knoxville finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw on Thursday.
Jackson Center used a slightly different lineup for their bout with New Knoxville. Lucas Heitkamp played for 80 minutes having averaged 52.9 this season and Wyatt Wentz got 80 vs. an average of 53.3. Heitkamp made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Indian Lake's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. Jackson Center's draw makes their record 5-5-1 this season.
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