The Wheeling Wildcats are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Conant Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Neither Wheeling nor Conant posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Last Monday, Wheeling had to suffer through a 47-8 loss at the hands of Schaumburg. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Saxons are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Conant was beaten by Hersey 44-12 on Monday.
Wheeling's defeat dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Conant, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season.
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