The Shelbyville Golden Bears's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Greenwood Woodmen at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Shelbyville is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Greenfield-Central last Wednesday. They came up short against the Cougars, falling 5-0.
Meanwhile, Greenwood waltzed into their match on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Hawks a 2-0 shutout. Given the Woodmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Hawks are ranked 238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mackenna Martin and
Ava Brawley scored both of Greenwood's goals, bringing their combined season tally to three goals.
Shelbyville's loss dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Greenwood, they pushed their record up to 8-5-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Shelbyville was able to grind out a solid victory over Greenwood when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Shelbyville repeat their success, or does Greenwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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