The Clay Eagles's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Central Catholic Fighting Irish at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Clay will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each match than the last.
Central Catholic better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Clay really get things going. Clay's defense stepped up to hand Ross a 4-0 shutout last Tuesday. Give the Eagles' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Central Catholic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Maumee, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 286th, while the Panthers are ranked 49th).
Clay is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-8-2 record this season. As for Central Catholic, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Clay took their win against Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 3-0. Will Clay repeat their success, or does Central Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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