Soccer Game Preview: Champaign Central on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 16, 2024, 1:25am

Soccer Preview: Champaign Central vs. Richwoods

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Champaign Central has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Richwoods Knights at 6:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Champaign Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Mt. Zion onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Saturday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Maroons needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.

Meanwhile, Richwoods hasn't lost a match since August 31st, a trend which continued in their latest game on Saturday. Everything went their way against Morton as Richwoods made off with a 4-0 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Potters are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Richwoods hit Morton with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Zach Hermann (2), Jayro Villarreal, and Jose Covarrubias.

Champaign Central's victory bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Richwoods, their win bumped their record up to 6-1-2.

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