With a playoff game on the line, Mendota rose to the challenge on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Aurora Central Catholic Chargers a 2-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but the Trojans sure are getting used to it with their seventh in a row.
Mendota has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-2-1 record this season. As for Aurora Central Catholic, they moved to 18-4-2 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Mendota's road trip will continue as they head out to face Normal University at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Normal University knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Mendota likes a good challenge. Aurora Central Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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