Peoria Notre Dame unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They came up short against the Normal West Wildcats on Friday, falling 34-14. While losing is never fun, the Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Wildcats are ranked 84th).
Although Peoria Notre Dame took the loss, they still got scores from Ben Lutz and Jamarahe Marizetts.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed eight in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Lutz, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Peoria Notre Dame will face off against rival Peoria at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Normal West is set to square off against their familiar foe Normal Community at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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