Soccer Preview: Zion-Benton vs. Joliet Central
Zion-Benton has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to take on the Joliet Central Steelmen at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Friday, Zion-Benton came up short against Harlem and fell 4-2. That's two games in a row now that the Zee-Bees have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Joliet Central's game on Thursday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Plainfield East by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Steelmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 234th, while the Bengals are ranked 108th).
Zion-Benton dropped their record down to 4-7 with the loss, which was their third straight at home. As for Joliet Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5-1.
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