The Breese Central Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Breese Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Greenville on Tuesday. They lost 4-1 to the Comets. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Breese Central couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Lions a 7-0 shutout. Considering Althoff Catholic have won eight contests by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Maryville Christian from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Gabby Orlet led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Breese Central's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Althoff Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 14-6-2.
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