Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rich Township). Everything went their way against the Illinois Lutheran Chargers on Saturday as the Rich Township Raptors made off with an 8-1 win. With the Raptors ahead 4-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Illinois Lutheran from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Jesse D?az led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Rich Township's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-5. As for Illinois Lutheran, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Rich Township will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against Kankakee at 5:00 p.m. Kankakee's last three contests have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one. As for Illinois Lutheran, they will head out to take on Beecher at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Beecher is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.4 goals per game this season.
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