The Belleville West Maroons will face off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Althoff Catholic is hoping to do what Granite City couldn't on Monday: put an end to Belleville West's winning streak, which now stands at seven games. Belleville West never let Granite City onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. Given the Maroons' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Warriors are ranked 151st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with a 6-1 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-1.
Belleville West pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Althoff Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.
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