The McHenry Warriors will head out to challenge the Glenbard West Hilltoppers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Thursday, McHenry didn't have quite enough to beat Crystal Lake Central and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 209th, while the Tigers are ranked 48th).
Meanwhile, Glenbard West hasn't lost a match since September 14th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Wheaton North a 2-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Hilltoppers have won by exactly two goals.
Alex Ginder and
Aidan Adachi scored both of Glenbard West's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
McHenry now has a losing record at 7-8. As for Glenbard West, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-2 record this season.
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