Tuesday, October 23, 2007

The final countdown

The boys' and girls' IHSAA Soccer State Tournament finals will be held in Indianapolis this Saturday, with just four teams remaining in both competitions.

Number one ranked Evansville Memorial (21-0-2) flies the flag for southern Indiana for the third consecutive year and will play unranked Goshen (17-2-3) at Kuntz Stadium (10 a.m.)

Memorial was eliminated in the semi finals on its previous two trips to state and, as favorites, will be hoping to go all the way this time.

It beat this area's regional winners, Columbus North 3-0 on Saturday before disposing of Bloomington North 4-1 in the semi-state final.

The second semi-final will see No. 16 Chesterton (17-4-1) against No. 7 Indianapolis North Central (17-3-3), also at 10 a.m. The final will take place at 6 p.m.

In the girls' tournament, Center Grove (20-3) beat Floyd Central's regional conquerors, Columbus North 1-0 in the semi-state final to advance to the last four.

There, the Trojans will take on Indianapolis Cathedral (14-3-4), while Penn (20-2) and FW Bishop Dwenger (18-2-2) - reigning champions for the past two years - will battle it out in the second semi-final. Both games are at 12 noon with the final at 8 p.m.

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