The Bloom Blazing Trojan will venture away from home to square off against the Thornwood Thunderbirds at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Bloom is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Bloom proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by seven) and on Sunday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Joliet Catholic 2-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Thornwood). They blew past Rich Township 9-0 on Wednesday. The win continues a trend for Thornwood in their matchups with Rich Township: they've now won nine in a row.
Bloom's victory bumped their record up to 12-2. As for Thornwood, their win bumped their record up to 4-6-1.
Bloom was able to grind out a solid victory over Thornwood in their previous matchup on April 9th, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blazing Trojan since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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