Naperville North has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Naperville Central Redhawks at 6:30 p.m. Naperville North's defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so Naperville Central's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Naperville North is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Peoria Notre Dame, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Naperville North was ranked fourth). Naperville North's defense stepped up to hand Peoria Notre Dame a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. That's two games straight that the Huskies have won by exactly two goals.
Jaxon Stokes and
Anthony Flores scored both of Naperville North's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Naperville Central). Everything went their way against Minooka on Thursday as Naperville Central made off with a 6-1 victory. The Redhawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by three goals or more this season.
Naperville North's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for Naperville Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-1-3 record this season.
Naperville North beat Naperville Central by a goal when the teams last played last Saturday, winning 1-0. Will Naperville North repeat their success, or does Naperville Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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