The Catholic Central Crusaders are taking a road trip to square off against the Ridgewood Generals at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Catholic Central's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Catholic Central came into their game on Saturday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 7-0 to Wheeling Central Catholic. While losing is never fun, Catholic Central can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 266th in Ohio, while Wheeling Central Catholic are ranked second in West Virginia).
Meanwhile, Ridgewood managed to keep up with Minerva until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Generals came up short against the Lions, falling 6-2. Ridgewood haven't had much luck with Minerva recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Catholic Central's loss dropped their record down to 5-4-3. As for Ridgewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7-3.
Catholic Central was able to grind out a solid win over Ridgewood in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Crusaders since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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