Illinois Valley Central is 1-9 against Monticello since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts will head out on the road to challenge the Monticello Sages at 10:00 a.m. Illinois Valley Central will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 383rd, while Monticello is ranked 113th).
Illinois Valley Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Bloomington Central Catholic on Thursday. They lost 9-0 to the Saints.
Meanwhile, Monticello came tearing into Thursday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Railsplitters. That's two games straight that Monticello has won by just one goal.
Illinois Valley Central's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14-2. As for Monticello, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season.
Illinois Valley Central suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Monticello when the teams last played back in March. Can Illinois Valley Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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