The Maine South Hawks are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Vernon Hills Cougars at 6:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Maine South: 7.6, Vernon Hills: 8.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
Maine South is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Glenbrook North just ended the team's 16-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Spartans by a score of 16-14. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Hawks came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked second, while the Spartans are ranked 75th).
Although Maine South took the loss, they still got scores from Lourdes Bottari-Tower and Sarah Cull.
Meanwhile, Vernon Hills had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Vikings 46-0 at home. Considering the Cougars have won eight contests by more than 19 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Maine South's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-1. As for Vernon Hills, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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