Soccer Game Preview: Clay vs. St. Joseph Central

Panthers

Goals

10/09/25 vs St. Joseph Central	1
10/02/25 vs Wellston	5
09/30/25 vs Western	9
09/29/25 @ West Union	1
+ 10 more games

For the second straight game, Clay will face off against St. Joseph Central. The Panthers will challenge the Flyers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.

Clay managed to keep up with St. Joseph Central until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Panthers lost 4-1 to the Flyers. That's two games in a row now that Clay have lost by exactly three goals.

Their goal came courtesy of Evan Rider, who's now up to 15 this season.

The victory (which was St. Joseph Central's third in a row) raised their record to 12-4-1. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those three matchups. As for Clay, their defeat ended a three-match streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-6-1.