The Plainfield East Bengals are on the road again on Thursday to play the Plainfield North Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Plainfield East will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 145th, while Plainfield North is ranked 14th).
Plainfield East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Oswego on Thursday. They fell victim to a rough 3-0 defeat at the hands of the Panthers.
Plainfield East was without their leading scorer, Delaney Shrupsha, in Thursday's contest. With Shrupsha sidelined, Plainfield East had to make some changes to the lineup. Amy Hernandez-Urbina played for 60 minutes having averaged 30 this season and Ava Graske got 70 vs. an average of 27.5.
Meanwhile, Plainfield North put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Romeoville a 4-0 shutout. The win was nothing new for Plainfield North as they're now sitting on seven straight.
Plainfield East's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Plainfield North, they pushed their record up to 14-2-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Plainfield East might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Plainfield North in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Plainfield East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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