The Gibault Catholic Hawks will challenge the East Alton-Wood River Oilers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Gibault Catholic's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Columbia on Tuesday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 418th, while the Eagles are ranked 67th).
Meanwhile, East Alton-Wood River didn't have quite enough to beat Metro-East Lutheran on Tuesday and fell 4-3. The defeat continues a trend for the Oilers in their matchups with the Knights: they've now lost five in a row.
Gibault Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for East Alton-Wood River, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-7.
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