St. Patrick is 9-0 against Joliet Catholic since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The St. Patrick Shamrocks will host the Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers at 6:30 p.m. St. Patrick will be strutting in after a victory while Joliet Catholic will be coming in after a loss.
St. Patrick will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Saint Viator on Saturday. St. Patrick blew past Saint Viator 4-1. Given the Shamrocks' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Lions are ranked 368th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Joliet Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They came up short against Niles Notre Dame, falling 4-0. The match was a close 1-0 at the break, but unfortunately for the Hilltoppers it sure didn't stay that way.
St. Patrick's win bumped their record up to 7-5-1. As for Joliet Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 2-12-2.
Everything went St. Patrick's way against Joliet Catholic in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as St. Patrick made off with a 9-0 victory. Will St. Patrick repeat their success, or does Joliet Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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