Softball Game Preview: Alliance Bulldogs vs. McCook Bison

By Team Reports Oct 6, 2024, 10:55pm

Softball Preview: Alliance Bulldogs vs. McCook Bison

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Alliance is 0-9 against McCook since September of 2016 but things could change on Monday. The Alliance Bulldogs are on the road again to play the McCook Bison at 2:00 p.m.

Alliance lost 18-6 to Chadron on Saturday.

Meanwhile, McCook entered their tilt with St. Cecilia on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They won by a run and slipped past the Bluehawks 10-9. McCook's victory was all the more impressive since the Bluehawks were averaging only four runs allowed on the season.

Dani Johnson was a standout: she went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and a double. The team also got some help courtesy of Roslyn Wiemers, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

She wasn't the only one working in the home runs department: McCook lost a few balls and finished the game with four home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since back in September of 2023.

Alliance's defeat dropped their record down to 9-23. As for McCook, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-6.

Alliance suffered a grim 18-3 defeat to McCook when the teams last played back in September. Can Alliance avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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