After three games on the road, Central Catholic is heading back home. They will welcome the Perkins Pirates at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Central Catholic is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering St. John's Jesuit just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They came up short against the Titans, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Titans are ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, Perkins came tearing into Wednesday's game with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Truckers a 2-0 shutout.
Central Catholic's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-6. As for Perkins, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2-1.
Central Catholic suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Perkins in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Central Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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