The Harvest-Westminster Warrior-Lions will take on the Mendota Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Harvest-Westminster sitting on 12 straight wins and Mendota on three.
Harvest-Westminster is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out Byron 2-1. Given Harvest-Westminster's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while Byron are ranked 253rd) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mendota kept a clean sheet against Genoa-Kingston on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Cogs. Mendota's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Isaac Diaz and Maurcio Salinas scored both of Mendota's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 39 goals.
Mendota's win bumped their record up to 22-4. As for Harvest-Westminster, their victory bumped their record up to 24-3-1.
Harvest-Westminster came out on top in a nail-biter against Mendota in their previous meeting back in August of 2017, sneaking past 5-4. Do the Warrior-Lions have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Trojans turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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