Joliet West is 0-5 against Oswego since September of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Joliet West will be strutting in after a victory while Oswego will be coming in after a defeat.
Joliet West will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Romeoville on Friday. The Tigers really took it to the Spartans for the full four quarters, racking up a 41-10 win. With the Tigers ahead 27-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Oswego and Yorkville meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Panthers took a 16-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Foxes. The contest marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Oswego fell to 4-1. As for Joliet West, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Joliet West came up short against Oswego when the teams last played back in September of 2019, falling 23-14. Can the Tigers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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