The St. Petersburg Catholic Barons will face off against the Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
St. Petersburg Catholic fell victim to Indian Rocks Christian and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 5-0 to the Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Barons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 317th, while the Eagles are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Clearwater Central Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Chargers a 1-0 shutout. The Marauders' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matches.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Dillon Stoner, who's now up to six this season.
The win got Clearwater Central Catholic back to even at 6-6-2. As for St. Petersburg Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-10-1.
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