Softball Preview: Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets vs. Jackson Prep Patriots
Oak Forest Academy hasn't had much luck against Jackson Prep recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets will challenge the Jackson Prep Patriots at 6:15 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Oak Forest Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Silliman Institute on Thursday as Oak Forest Academy made off with a 14-1 victory. Considering the Yellowjackets have won seven matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Preslie Dempster was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Dempster was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with an RBI.
In other batting news, Emma Day was incredible, firing off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 4-for-4. That's the most home runs she has posted since back in July. Another player making a difference was Enslee Casanova, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Oak Forest Academy hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're strikeout total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Jackson Prep faced Hartfield Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on September 3rd. Jackson Prep won by a run and slipped past Hartfield Academy 3-2.
Oak Forest Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-1 record this season. As for Jackson Prep, their record now sits at 3-0.
Oak Forest Academy suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Jackson Prep when the teams last played back in September of 2018. Can Oak Forest Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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