Davenport West has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Burlington Grayhounds at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Davenport West will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Iowa Rankings (they are ranked 158th, while Burlington is ranked 49th).
Davenport West's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Central DeWitt on Tuesday. They lost 13-0 to Central DeWitt. That's two games in a row now that Davenport West has lost by exactly 13 goals.
Meanwhile, Burlington had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 goals), and they went ahead and made it ten on Monday. They never let the Trojans onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Burlington might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won eight matchups by four goals or more this season.
Davenport West's loss was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 0-11. As for Burlington, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.
Davenport West suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Burlington in their previous matchup back in May of 2019. Can Davenport West avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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