The Geneva Vikings will square off against the Sycamore Spartans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sycamore better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if Geneva's game on Thursday is any indication, that's when Geneva really gets things going. The Vikings never let Batavia get on the board and left with a 6-0 win. Considering Geneva have won six matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Batavia from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sycamore). They blew past Morris 8-0 on Wednesday. Given Sycamore's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 149th, while Morris are ranked 422nd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sycamore is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those ten contests. As for Geneva, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-1-1 and their overall record up to 8-4-2.
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