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Preview

Quarterfinal #4: Naperville Central (28-4) vs Homewood-Flossmoor (23-8)

Game Time: 8:15pm; Thursday, May 20

Coaches: NC-Bill Salentine (10th year) / H-F-Tim Caldwell (9th year)

How They Got Here: NC beat Waubonsie 26-8 at the Neuqua Valley Sectional. H-F beat LWE 12-3 at the LWC Sectional.

Previous 2010 Meetings: NC leads series 1-0. Naperville Central beat H-F 17-9 on 4/29.

Current Rankings: NC - #3 / H-F - #11

Top Performers: NC (Mark Menis - 102 goals) / H-F (Russell Maanum - 138 goals, Shay Banton -118 goals)

The Goalies: NC (Pat Stablein) / H-F (Jake Bodnar)

The X-Factor: Menis and Stanley combined to score 10 goals in the only meeting between the two teams back in April, which saw the Redhawks earn a 17-9 win. Can the Vikings' defense find a way to stop those two from scoring early to give Banton and Maanum a chance to lead them in the late stages of the late-night game?

Other Players to Watch:

NC (Danny Tucker, Dennis Herron, Jay Howenstine, Kristian Altuve, Kyle Rickert, Pat May, Ryan Stanley, Tom Shamburek)

H-F (Alec Wojack, Alex Diorio, Caleb Peterson, Kevin Kuchta, Luke Dobben)