Soccer Preview: Earlville vs. Hinckley-Big Rock
The Earlville Red Raiders will head out to challenge the Hinckley-Big Rock Royals at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Earlville's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Plano on Thursday. They came up short against the Reapers, falling 7-0.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Hinckley-Big Rock, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. Everything went their way against Parkview Christian Academy on Friday as Hinckley-Big Rock made off with a 7-0 win. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Luke Badal was handed one for the Royals, while the Falcons got theirs courtesy of Cole Gonzalez.
Hinckley-Big Rock's offense was hitting Parkview Christian Academy from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Sawyer Smith led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Earlville's loss dropped their record down to 3-8-2. As for Hinckley-Big Rock, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-6-2 record.
Earlville beat Hinckley-Big Rock by a goal in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Earlville since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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