Football Preview: Wheeling Wildcats vs. Conant Cougars
The Wheeling Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Conant Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Monday, Wheeling had to suffer through a 47-8 loss at the hands of Schaumburg. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Saxons are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 44-12, which was the final score in Conant's tilt against Hersey on Monday.
Wheeling's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Conant, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season.
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