Father McGivney Catholic is 1-6 against Althoff Catholic since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Father McGivney Catholic Griffins will be staying on the road to face off against the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Father McGivney Catholic is headed into the match having not lost since September 21 and will look to keep things rolling. They never let Metro-East Lutheran onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Tuesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Griffins considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Their offense was hitting Metro-East Lutheran from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Chris Marchetti led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Hawks with a sharp 8-0 win. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Hawks are ranked 350th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Father McGivney Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-2 record this season. As for Althoff Catholic, they pushed their record up to 16-4 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road.
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