The Canton Little Giants will take on the Peoria Christian Chargers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Canton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Dunlap on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for Canton in their meetings with Dunlap: they've now lost nine in a row.
Meanwhile, Peoria Christian kept a clean sheet against St. Bede on Monday. They blew past the Bruins 9-0. Considering Peoria Christian have won five matchups by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting St. Bede from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Addy Lovell led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Peoria Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those four contests. As for Canton, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4-3.
Everything went Canton's way against Peoria Christian in their previous meeting back in May of 2025, as Canton made off with a 3-0 win. Will the Little Giants repeat their success, or do the Chargers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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