The Thornton Wildcats will stay at home for another game and welcome the Kankakee Kays at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Thornton will be strutting in after a win while Kankakee will be coming in after a loss.
Thornton is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Rich Township onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Thursday. The result kept the Wildcats happy, as they haven't lost a game since September 7th.
Meanwhile, Kankakee came up short against Lincoln-Way West on Saturday and fell 5-3. While losing is never fun, the Kays can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Warriors are ranked 119th).
Thornton is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. As for Kankakee, they dropped their record down to 4-7 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Thornton beat Kankakee 3-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Thornton repeat their success, or does Kankakee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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