On Saturday Castle will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Center Grove Trojans at 12:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Castle's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Evansville Bosse 11-0. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Bulldogs are ranked 188th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Castle's offense was hitting Evansville Bosse from everywhere, as ten different players booted in a goal.
Jilly Higgins led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Center Grove). They put the hurt on Roncalli with a sharp 5-1 win on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Trojans have won by exactly four goals.
Castle pushed their record up to 7-1-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Center Grove, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.
Castle beat Center Grove 3-1 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Castle repeat their success, or does Center Grove have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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