Soccer Preview: Crystal Lake Central vs. Prairie Ridge
The Crystal Lake Central Tigers will be playing at home against the Prairie Ridge Wolves at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Crystal Lake Central has three straight wins, Prairie Ridge has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Crystal Lake Central gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Jacobs as Crystal Lake Central made off with an 8-1 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 5-0.
Crystal Lake Central hit Jacobs with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Addison Schaffer (2),
Elizabeth Gray (2),
Brooklyn Carlson (2), and
Olivia Anderson (2).
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Prairie Ridge's offense. They lost 9-0 to Belvidere North on Monday. While losing is never fun, Prairie Ridge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 256th, while Belvidere North is ranked 50th).
Crystal Lake Central is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-1 record this season. As for Prairie Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9-1.
Crystal Lake Central took their victory against Prairie Ridge when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. Does Crystal Lake Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Prairie Ridge turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
