The Central Catholic Fighting Irish will head out to face off against the Clay Eagles at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Central Catholic has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Clay will arrive with three straight wins.
Central Catholic's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Maumee on Thursday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 286th, while the Panthers are ranked 49th).
Meanwhile, Clay's contest last Tuesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They never let Ross onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. The Eagles' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Central Catholic now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Clay, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-8-2 record this season.
Central Catholic might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Clay in their previous matchup back in August. Can Central Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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