The Rockford East E-Rabs will head out on the road to take on the Belvidere North Blue Thunder at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Rockford 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 221st, while Belvidere North is ranked 48th).
After soaring to seven goals the game before, Rockford East were a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They suffered a tough 9-0 defeat at the hands of Boylan Catholic. Rockford East has not had much luck with Boylan Catholic recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, Belvidere North put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Freeport onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Considering Belvidere North has won three contests by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Freeport with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Haylee Gallas,
Cortlyn Hefty, and
Scarlett Reece.
Rockford East's loss dropped their record down to 1-4-1. As for Belvidere North, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Rockford East might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from Belvidere North in their previous matchup back in March of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rockford East was down 8-1.
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