<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0qVIg9_1GqHhaIq00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0qVIg9_1GqHhaIq00" width="1017" height="1200" ><figcaption>Provided by Andy Voorheis Photography</figcaption></figure>After a dominant offensive performance against Chatham Glenwood in round 1, Normal West is focused on the Pekin Dragons, who come to Wildcat Stadium on Friday, Nov. 6 for the second round of the IHSA playoffs.The offense for West is rolling, putting up 622 total yards of offense against Glenwood and putting up 51 points.Star sophomore quarterback Chase Sennett threw for 325 yards and 4 touchdowns, splitting the passes up between wide receivers Efoe Baskins, Marceon Williams, and Kshaun Jones.Star running back Cody Muhlbauer also added 250 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Wildcats.Even with these big numbers, head coach Nathan Fincham is realistic on things that the Wildcats can work on for this week.“Kickoff team was a bit of a struggle, I think for most of the game. But, you know, there’s stuff that we can clean up and get better there, so we’ll be all right. But overall, I think offensively, anytime you have 622 yards of offense, 51 points… you’re in a pretty good spot offensively,” Head coach Nathan Fincham said.The defense was on the field for a lot of the game, resulting in Chatham putting up 34 points.“Defense, I think it just got to the point where, because we were scoring so much, I think it got to just the volume that they had to keep up with. Defensively, I think, Nolan Howe is somebody that has to get a little bit of recognition because he was all over the field and did an outstanding job,” Fincham said.West will take on a tough 7-3 Pekin team tonight after playing last Saturday. Playing on a Friday eliminates an extra day of practice and preparation during the week, but the Wildcats are ready for it.“The hard part was preparing for a short weekend, I guess. And then just making sure that we’re not doing as much physicality this week, just because of the one less day of… recovering.  So, try[ing] to minimize that, but everything else will be kind of just a typical game week,” Fincham explained.There’s obvious history between West and Pekin apart from playing them in the summer for 7 on 7 challenges.“When you take a look at them, they’re always bigger than us. They’re traditionally a 7A school. You know, they always have bigger kids than us up front and then they always have really good athletes,” Fincham said.He specifically highlighted numbers 6 and 7 as some of the best athletes West has gone against all year.“Number 7 plays running back and outside linebacker, and number 6 plays wide receiver, a little bit wildcat quarterback, which he’s pretty good at. And then he plays safety as well,” Fincham stated,Despite being the #2 seed in 6A and in the second round of the playoffs, West is taking things one game at a time.“This is the quote I use with the team quite a bit, ‘Success is never owned.  It’s rented’. It means making sure that you’re putting in time, you’re putting in work, the preparation, both mental and physical, in order to be able to be prepared every week,” Fincham voiced.He explained that when the team gets overconfident is when they start making mistakes.“Typically when we get in trouble is when we start to feel like we’re pretty good and we don’t do the little things the way that we should, and that’s where that’s where we slip up,” Fincham explained.Game time is set for 7 p.m. tonight (Nov. 6) at Wildcat Stadium.The winner of this matchup will take on the winner of Riverside-Brookfield and Warrensville South.</div></body>

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After a dominant offensive performance against Chatham Glenwood in round 1, Normal West is focused on the Pekin Dragons, who come to Wildcat Stadium on Friday, Nov. 6 for the second round of the IHSA playoffs. The offense for West is rolling, putting up 622 total yards of offense against...

Normal West has its eyes on Pekin: while taking things ‘one game at a time”

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After a dominant offensive performance against Chatham Glenwood in round 1, Normal West is focused on the Pekin Dragons, who come to Wildcat Stadium on Fri

Normal West has its eyes on Pekin: while taking things ‘one game at a time”

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