Maine East is 0-10 against Niles North since April of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Maine East Blue Demons will head out on the road to face off against the Niles North Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Maine East will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 331st, while Niles North is ranked 163rd).
Maine East is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They and Maine West finished up their game with a 4-4 draw. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Maine East's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Maine West with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Mariana Reyes (2),
Jessica Bravo, and
Lani Naka.
Meanwhile, Niles North unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of Zion-Benton by a score of 2-1.
Maine East's draw gives them a new season record of 2-12-2. As for Niles North, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7-2.
Maine East came up short against Niles North in their previous matchup on Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Maine East avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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