Normal West is 5-0 against Urbana since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withthe Urbana Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Normal West has four straight wins, Urbana has 17 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Normal West is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Champaign Central 62-7 at home. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Maroons are ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, a victory for Urbana just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 58-14 loss at the hands of Manual.
Normal West pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Urbana, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything came up roses for Normal West against Urbana in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 65-14 victory. Does Normal West have another victory up their sleeve, or will Urbana turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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