Soccer Preview: Thornton vs. Kankakee
The Thornton Wildcats have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Kankakee Kays at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kankakee took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Thornton, who comes in off a win.
Thornton is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Rich Township a 9-0 shutout on Thursday. The result kept the Wildcats happy, as they haven't lost a game since September 7th.
Meanwhile, Kankakee came up short against Lincoln-Way West on Saturday and fell 5-3. While losing is never fun, the Kays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Warriors are ranked 119th).
Thornton is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. As for Kankakee, they dropped their record down to 4-7 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Thornton was able to grind out a solid victory over Kankakee in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Thornton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Kankakee turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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