The Thornwood Thunderbirds are on the road again on Saturday to play the Bloom Blazing Trojan at 11:00 a.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Thornwood's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Kankakee on Friday. They were outmatched by the Kays on the road and fell 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Thunderbirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Kays are ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Bloom has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 14.5 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They took a 31-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rich Township. The Blazing Trojan haven't had much luck with the Raptors recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Thornwood dropped their record down to 0-5 with the defeat, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Bloom, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Thornwood couldn't quite finish off Bloom in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 44-42. Thankfully for Thornwood, Terrion White (who threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown on only six carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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