IHSA Football Round Two Recap

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NORMAL, Ill. — Only two teams in the Bloomington-Normal area remain standing in the IHSA State Playoffs. Normal West and Normal Community looked to continue their class 6A and 7A state championship hopes alive in round two.

Normal Community came out on top in a nail bitting win against Kenwood, winning 49-48 in overtime. The Ironmen improve to 11-0 and remain undefeated on the campaign. The No.1 seed in the 7A bracket will now face off against the No.8 seed Brother Rice on Saturday, Nov. 14.

Normal West also continued their playoff run, defeating Pekin 33-21. Head coach Jason Fincham discussed the performance of the Wildcat defense in the victory.

“They provided us with a little bit of grace,” said Fincham. “Offensively we were not doing the things we needed to do, and part of that is credit to Pekin, they did a good job of putting themselves in good spots.”

With the win, the Wildcats are now 10-1 on the campaign and will host No. 6 Wheaton Warrenville South on Saturday, Nov. 14.

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