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By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 3:20am

Soccer Preview: East Alton-Wood River vs. Carlyle

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East Alton-Wood River is 7-2 against Carlyle since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The East Alton-Wood River Oilers will head out on the road to challenge the Carlyle Indians/Lady Indians at 4:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.

East Alton-Wood River's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Staunton on Saturday. They lost 5-0 to the Bulldogs.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Carlyle was not quite Teutopolis' equal in the second half on Saturday. They fell 3-1 to the Wooden Shoes. While losing is never fun, the Indians/Lady Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while the Wooden Shoes are ranked 170th).

Carlyle's goal came courtesy of Caden Loepker, who's now up to 22 this season.

East Alton-Wood River's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Carlyle, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8.

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