Normal West entered their contest against Bloomington on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Normal West Wildcats were outmatched by the Bloomington Purple Raiders at home and fell 48-16. 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 201st, while the Purple Raiders are ranked 79th).
It was another big night for Rob Lanier, who rushed for 172 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry for Bloomington. With that strong performance, Lanier is now averaging an impressive 116.8 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of AJ Codron, who threw for 110 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Normal West's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Bloomington, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Normal West will square off against Peoria at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Peoria's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season. As for Bloomington, they will take on Urbana at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bloomington is facing Urbana at the right time seeing as Urbana is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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