Football Game Preview: Thornwood Thunderbirds vs. Normal West Wildcats + Official Tickets

The Thornwood Thunderbirds will face off against the Normal West Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Thornwood will aim to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.

Thornwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They never let Thornridge get on the board and left with a 64-0 win on Friday. The Thunderbirds have beaten the Falcons the last eight times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Falcons has come to flipping the script.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Normal West challenged Urbana on Friday. The Wildcats simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Tigers 57-15. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Wildcats' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Tigers are ranked 435th).

Thornwood now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Normal West, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.