The South Elgin Storm will challenge the Huntley Red Raiders at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
South Elgin is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Plainfield Central on Thursday. South Elgin fell just short of Plainfield Central by a score of 1-0. One reason for the loss might be the Storm's aggressive play style: Matthew Lipp and Ben Krueger were both handed yellow cards.
Meanwhile, Huntley was not able to secure the win in their season-opener on Wednesday. They and Guilford finished up on equal footing with a 0-0 draw. The outcome might've been different if Aktai Mametjanov hadn't been hit with a yellow card, which no doubt limited his ability to make aggressive plays down the stretch.
South Elgin suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Huntley in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Elgin was down 4-0.
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