The Wheeling Wildcats will square off against the Aurora East Tomcats at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for Wheeling and five for Aurora East.
Last Thursday, Wheeling was beaten by Prospect 61-8. The matchup marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Aurora East took a blow against West Chicago on Friday, falling 72-41. While losing is never fun, the Tomcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 600th, while the Wildcats are ranked 219th).
Aurora East's loss dropped their record down to 3-22. As for Wheeling, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-25.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
