Soccer Preview: Normal West vs. Rock Island
The Normal West Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Rock Island Rocks at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Normal West is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Peoria 8-1 on Tuesday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Lions are ranked 324th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Rock Island, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They walked away with a 4-2 win over Alleman on Tuesday.
Rock Island hit Alleman with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Lawson Zulu (2),
Jonas Cortez, and
Jesus Sosa.
The victory got Normal West back to even at 5-5. As for Rock Island, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Normal West skirted past Rock Island 1-0 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Normal West since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
