The Ridgewood Generals will head out to square off against the Catholic Central Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ridgewood will be strutting in after a win while Catholic Central will be coming in after a defeat.
Catholic Central better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Ridgewood really get things going. Ridgewood's defense stepped up to hand Aquinas a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Generals.
Meanwhile, Catholic Central fell victim to Wheeling Central Catholic and their airtight defense on Saturday. They lost 8-0 to the Maroon Knights. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 228th in Ohio, while the Maroon Knights are ranked 13th in West Virginia).
The victory got Ridgewood back to even at 6-6-2. As for Catholic Central, their loss dropped their record down to 10-2-1.
Ridgewood suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to Catholic Central in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can Ridgewood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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