The Crystal Lake Central Tigers will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against the Lakes Eagles at 4:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Crystal Lake Central's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Hampshire 8-0. Given Crystal Lake Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 13th, while Hampshire is ranked 171st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crystal Lake Central's offense was hitting Hampshire from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Madeline Gray led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Lakes entered their tilt with Woodstock North with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over the Thunder on Monday.
Crystal Lake Central is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-2 record this season. As for Lakes, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-4-1.
Crystal Lake Central took their win against Lakes when the teams last played back in April of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Crystal Lake Central repeat their success, or does Lakes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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