Soccer Game Preview: St. Charles East vs. Bartlett

The St. Charles East Fighting Saints will challenge the Bartlett Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.

St. Charles East is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Batavia a 6-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for St. Charles East in their matchups with Batavia: they've now won nine in a row.

St. Charles East hit Batavia with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Volodymyr Pauchok (3), Huxley Kapoor (2), and Aidan Richbell.

Meanwhile, Bartlett got the win against Aurora East on Tuesday by a conclusive 6-2. Given Bartlett's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while Aurora East are ranked 169th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

St. Charles East's win bumped their record up to 10-4-3. As for Bartlett, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6-1.