Centralia hasn't had much luck against Carterville recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Orphans will head out to challenge the Lions at 6:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Centralia managed to keep up with Collinsville until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Orphans lost 4-0 to the Kahoks. While losing is never fun, Centralia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 271st, while Collinsville are ranked 132nd).
Meanwhile, Carterville's game on Monday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They never let Mt. Vernon get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. Carterville haven't had any issues with Mt. Vernon recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive victory against them.
Carterville's one-goal win came courtesy of Alea Ruiz, who's now up to 23 this season.
Centralia now has a losing record of 7-8-3. As for Carterville, their win bumped their record up to 11-3-2.
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