The Crane Medical Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the North Grand Eagle Owls at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Crane Medical has struggled recently with four defeats in a row, while North Grand will arrive with nine straight victories.
Crane Medical's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Alcott on Monday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-0 walloping at the hands of the Wildcats. While losing is never fun, Crane Medical can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 382nd, while Alcott is ranked 120th).
Meanwhile, North Grand has not done well against Westinghouse recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. North Grand had just enough and edged Westinghouse out 2-1.
Marley Rivera was the driving force of North Grand's attack as she scored both of North Grand's goals. With that big game she's now up to 18 goals this season.
Crane Medical's loss dropped their record down to 0-4-1. As for North Grand, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0.
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