Hinckley-Big Rock and Aurora Central Catholic are an even 3-3-1 against one another since October of 2016, but likely not for long. The Hinckley-Big Rock Royals will host the Aurora Central Catholic Chargers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Hinckley-Big Rock is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Aurora Central Catholic is hoping to do what Byron couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Hinckley-Big Rock's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Hinckley-Big Rock never let Byron onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. That's two games straight that the Royals have won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Lofton Atkins, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Aurora Central Catholic didn't have done well against St. Francis recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Aurora Central Catholic walked away with a 3-1 victory over St. Francis. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Spartans are ranked 361st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hinckley-Big Rock has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-2 record this season. As for Aurora Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
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