Softball Preview: Boone Central Cardinals vs. O'Neill Eagles
The Boone Central Cardinals are on the road again on Tuesday to play the O'Neill Eagles.
Boone Central will head into Saturday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They lost 9-1 to NEN. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, the Cardinals couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, O'Neill came into Thursday's matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They walked away with a 6-3 win over Pierce on Thursday.
The team relied heavily on Loretta Scofield, who went 3-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI. That's the most hits she has posted since back in September of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Tenzlie Sorenson, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
O'Neill was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Boone Central now has a losing record at 1-2. As for O'Neill, they pushed their record up to 5-6 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Boone Central came up short against O'Neill when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 5-2. Can Boone Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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