The Jacobs Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the McHenry Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. McHenry is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Coming off a road loss, Jacobs was happy to be home on Tuesday where their crowd gave them all the motivation they needed. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Central, sneaking past 4-3. The high-scoring effort was just what Jacobs needed considering they were shut out in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, McHenry had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They never let the Trojans get on the board and left with a 7-0 win. Given McHenry's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while Cary-Grove are ranked 445th), the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jacobs has now won five of their last six games at home. That leaves them at a 5-6-1 record this season. Those home victories came by way of their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those six games. As for McHenry, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-1-1 and their overall record up to 7-2-4.
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