Soccer Preview: Prairie Ridge vs. Crystal Lake Central
The Prairie Ridge Wolves will head out on the road to challenge the Crystal Lake Central Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Prairie Ridge has struggled recently with six defeats in a row, while Crystal Lake Central will arrive with three straight wins.
Prairie Ridge's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Belvidere North on Monday. They lost 9-0 to the Blue Thunder. 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).
Meanwhile, Crystal Lake Central stacked a sixth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Jacobs 8-1. Crystal Lake Central's winning goal came courtesy of Elizabeth Gray.
Prairie Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 2-9-1. As for Crystal Lake Central, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-1 record this season.
Prairie Ridge suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Crystal Lake Central when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Prairie Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
