The Normal Community Ironmen will kick their season off against the Normal West Wildcats on Thursday. Kickoff is scheduled at 4:30 p.m.
Normal West is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Rochester. Normal West had just enough and edged Rochester out 2-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.
Their win bumped their record up to 1-0. As for Normal Community, they've got a clean slate. Last year, they had a stellar season and finished 19-7-1.
Normal Community was able to grind out a solid victory over Normal West when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Normal Community since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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