Alton is on a five-game streak of home losses, Granite City a six-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Monday. The Alton Redbirds will welcome the Granite City Warriors at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Alton managed to keep up with Belleville East until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Alton came up short against Belleville East, falling 4-0.
Meanwhile, Granite City didn't have quite enough to beat Gibault Catholic on Thursday and fell 3-2. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Warriors came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Hawks are ranked 380th).
Alton's loss dropped their record down to 4-8-1. As for Granite City, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
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