The Oswego East Wolves will face off against the Downers Grove North Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Oswego East is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Oswego on Tuesday. Wolves lost 5-2 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, Oswego East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 117th, while Oswego are ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, Downers Grove North fought the good fight in their overtime match against Glenbard West on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Hilltoppers by a score of 3-2. That makes it the first time this season Downers Grove North have let down their home crowd.
Oswego East's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1-2 and their overall record down to 4-4-5. As for Downers Grove North, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5-4.
Oswego East might still be hurting after the 6-2 loss they got from Downers Grove North in their previous meeting back in April of 2015. Can Wolves avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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