The Rock Island Rocks will head out to square off against the North Grand Eagle Owls at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Rock Island managed to keep up with De La Salle until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Rocks came up short against the Meteors, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, Rock Island can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 118th, while De La Salle are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Grand). They put the hurt on Phoenix Military with a sharp 4-0 win on Tuesday. The victory was a breath of fresh air for North Grand as it put an end to their seven-match losing streak.
This is the second loss in a row for Rock Island and nudges their season record down to 7-4-1. As for North Grand, their win bumped their record up to 3-7.
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