In their previous meeting, St. Mary's routed Illinois Valley 49 - 7. This time around? Just more of the same. St. Mary's crushed Illinois Valley last week, winning 53 - 15. St. Mary's struggled to find the scoreboard the game before, so the high-scoring effort was a welcome change of pace.
The defeat brought Illinois Valley down to 3-5. The loss is only the most recent in a discouraging three-game streak. The win lifted St. Mary's to 4-3.
The two teams have their sights set on raising those records in their upcoming games. St. Mary's will battle it out against Cascade Christian on Friday at 7:00 PM. This will be St. Mary's's most challenging opponent yet. As for Illinois Valley, it will square off against Lakeview this Friday at 7:00 PM. Illinois Valley has now seen its scores steadily decline over the past four games, a trend the team needs to reverse pronto to avoid another defeat.
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