The West Chicago Wildcats are taking a road trip to take on the Elmwood Park Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
West Chicago will head out to face Elmwood Park after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. West Chicago took a hard 38-21 fall against South Elgin. The loss continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Storm: they've now lost nine in a row.
Despite the defeat, West Chicago had strong showings from Carter Naranjo, who rushed for 211 yards while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, and Robert Lee, who rushed for 108 yards.
Meanwhile, Elmwood Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a blow against Glenbard South, falling 58-7. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 415th, while the Raiders are ranked 142nd).
West Chicago's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Elmwood Park, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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