Football Game Preview: Joliet West Tigers vs. Plainfield East Bengals + Official Tickets

Joliet West has gone 7-2 against Plainfield East recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Tigers will host the Bengals at 6:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Joliet West is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 41 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Oswego on Friday. They had to suffer through a 48-6 loss at the hands of the Panthers. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost six in a row.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-7, which was the final score in Plainfield East's tilt against Plainfield North on Friday.

Plainfield East's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Joliet West, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.

Everything came up roses for Joliet West against Plainfield East in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as the squad secured a 42-14 victory. In that game, the Tigers amassed a halftime lead of 28-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.