Soccer Preview: St. Teresa vs. Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth
St. Teresa and Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2016, but likely not for long. The St. Teresa Bulldogs will welcome the Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
On Tuesday, everything went St. Teresa's way against Meridian/Sangamon Valley as St. Teresa made off with a 5-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth's and Athens/Greenview/PORTA/Illini Central's match on Saturday was close at halftime, but Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth never let Athens/Greenview/PORTA/Illini Central onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Emmanuel Velasco had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Cardinals got from the refs.
Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth hit Athens/Greenview/PORTA/Illini Central with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Darius Woodside,
Logan Roberts, and
Kaiden Higgins.
St. Teresa's win bumped their record up to 8-12. As for Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
St. Teresa might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Warrensburg-Latham/Maroa-Forsyth in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Teresa was down 4-1.
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