The Normal Community Ironmen will venture away from home to take on the Richwoods Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Normal Community is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Naperville Central just ended the team's four-match winning streak on Friday. They fell 3-1 to the Redhawks. While losing is never fun, Normal Community can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 47th, while Naperville Central are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, Manual kept up with Richwoods until halftime on Saturday, but afterwards: not so much. The Knights were the clear victors by a 5-1 margin over the Rams. Richwoods might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Manual with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Nathan Boyer (2), Zach Hermann (2), and Augustus Isada.
The victory made it two in a row for Richwoods and bumps their season record up to 10-5-2. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored six goals over those two matches. As for Normal Community, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-3-2.
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