Crystal Lake Central is 7-1 against McHenry since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Crystal Lake Central Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the McHenry Warriors at 4:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Crystal Lake Central's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while McHenry has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Crystal Lake Central's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 6-0 margin over Crystal Lake South. The high-scoring effort was just what Crystal Lake Central needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
They hit Crystal Lake South with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Addison Schaffer (2),
Olivia Anderson (2),
Mayah Aevermann, and
Brooklyn Carlson.
Meanwhile, McHenry fell victim to Central and their airtight defense on Tuesday. Their tough 6-0 defeat to the Rockets might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, McHenry can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 268th, while Central is ranked 101st).
Crystal Lake Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2-1 record this season. As for McHenry, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
Crystal Lake Central took their win against McHenry when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 5-1. Will Crystal Lake Central repeat their success, or does McHenry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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