The Proviso East Pirates will be taking part in a tournament against the Payton College Prep Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Proviso East's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Proviso East turned things around against Plainfield South on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cougars a 1-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Payton College Prep). Everything went their way against Belvidere on Saturday as they made off with a 5-2 win. Given Payton College Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 165th, while Belvidere are ranked 359th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Payton College Prep's offense was hitting Belvidere from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Payton College Prep's victory bumped their record up to 5-1-2. As for Proviso East, their win bumped their record up to 3-4.
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