The Nazareth Academy Roadrunners's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Marian Catholic Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Nazareth Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let St. Rita onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory on Monday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Roadrunners needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Their offense was hitting St. Rita from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Giovanni Cianci led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Marian Catholic and Homewood-Flossmoor met for a duel on Monday where Marian Catholic prevailed. Marian Catholic put the hurt on Homewood-Flossmoor with a sharp 6-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Nazareth Academy's victory bumped their record up to 6-9-2. As for Marian Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 10-7-1.
Nazareth Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Marian Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Nazareth Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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