Southwestern soccer will host the defending Class A state champions Saturday morning.
Class A, No. 4 Providence (3-2-1) will travel north to face the 11th-ranked Spartans (6-1) at 10 a.m. Providence captured its first boys soccer state championship in 2020 with a 2-1 victory over Argos.
Luke Hesse and Edward Bobkoskie scored goals for Providence in the state championship game and goalkeeper Jacob Braswell was credited with six saves -- but all were seniors.
The Pioneers suffered their second loss of the season Saturday, 5-0 to Columbus East. Their only other loss came to Floyd Central, 2-1 on Aug. 25.
Southwestern’s only loss this season came Thursday to Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, 3-1. The Spartans rebounded for a 6-1 victory Saturday over Greenwood Christian.
Park Tudor is the No. 1 team in Class A in the most recent state coaches poll. The Panthers are followed by Heritage Christian, University, Providence, South Knox, North White, Cascade, Kouts, Jac-Cen-Del and Indianapolis Lutheran.
Southwestern leads the next ten ahead of Northeast Dubois, Forest Park, Covenant Christian, Faith Christian, North Putnam, Carroll (Flora), Illiana Christian, Oldenburg Academy and Tell City.
Fort Wayne Canterbury is No. 1 in Class 2A. Two more Fort Wayne schools are in the top 10.
Guerin Catholic is No. 2 ahead of Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, West Lafayette, Mishawaka Marian, Gibson Southern, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Heritage Hills, Speedway and South Bend St. Joseph.
Other notables in the top 20 are Yorktown at No. 14 and Batesville at No. 20.
Three of the top four schools in Class 3A are neighbors.
Noblesville is No. 1 with Fishers, Chesterton, Hamilton Southeastern and Evansville Memorial in the top five. The second five are Castle, Elkhart, Penn, Northridge and Valparaiso.
Noblesville also in No. 1 in the Class 3A girls poll with Hamilton Southeastern and Carmel following. Homestead is No. 4 and Bloomington South is No. 5. The second five are Columbus North, North Central, Zionsville, South Bend St. Joseph and Center Grove.
Evansville Memorial sits atop the 2A poll with Chatard, Cathedral, Brebeuf, Mishawaka Marian, Evansville Mater Dei, Park Tudor, Hamilton Heights, Tri West and Lawrenceburg rounding out the top 10.
In Class A, the top 10 are Forest Park, Evansville Christian, Heritage Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Argos, Providence, Speedway, Boone Grove, Tipton and Andrean.
