The Thornton Wildcats will stay at home for another game and welcome the Kankakee Kays at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kankakee took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Thornton, who comes in off a win.
Thornton is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Rich Township onto the board and left with a 9-0 win on Thursday. The result kept the Wildcats happy, as they haven't lost a game since September 7th.
Meanwhile, Kankakee came up short against Lincoln-Way West on Saturday and fell 5-3. While losing is never fun, the Kays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Warriors are ranked 119th).
Thornton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. As for Kankakee, their defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 4-7.
Thornton was able to grind out a solid victory over Kankakee in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Thornton repeat their success, or does Kankakee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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