The Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the Athens/PORTA Warriors at 4:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
If Illinois Valley Central beats Athens/PORTA with four goals on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Illinois Valley Central walked away with a 4-2 victory over East Peoria on Friday. That's two games straight that Illinois Valley Central has won by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Athens/PORTA can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Pana an 8-0 shutout. Given Athens/PORTA's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 115th, while Pana is ranked 359th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Athens/PORTA's offense was hitting Pana from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
The win made it two in a row for Illinois Valley Central and bumps their season record up to 3-16-2. As for Athens/PORTA, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4-1 record this season.
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