Zion-Benton is 7-0-1 against Cristo Rey St. Martin since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Zion-Benton Zee-Bees will head out to take on the Cristo Rey St. Martin CRSM at 6:00 p.m. Zion-Benton has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight defeats, while Cristo Rey St. Martin will come in with three straight wins.
Zion-Benton is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Stevenson on Tuesday. Zion-Benton fell just short of Stevenson by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Zee-Bees can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Patriots are ranked 48th).
Meanwhile, Cristo Rey St. Martin's match last Monday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They never let Marian Central Catholic onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the CRSM, who have now won seven games by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Marian Central Catholic with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jairo Bonilla (2),
Gianni Barajas,
Nerick Perez, and
Diego Martinez.
Zion-Benton's loss dropped their record down to 5-11. As for Cristo Rey St. Martin, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1.
Zion-Benton beat Cristo Rey St. Martin 4-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does Zion-Benton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cristo Rey St. Martin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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