York and Oak Park-River Forest are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but likely not for long. The York Dukes will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
York's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Conant. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Dukes were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Oak Park-River Forest made easy work of Proviso West on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Panthers are ranked 244th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
York's win bumped their record up to 4-5-2. As for Oak Park-River Forest, they pushed their record up to 7-3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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