Baseball Preview: Rancocas Valley Red Devils vs. Cherry Hill East Cougars
The Rancocas Valley Red Devils will head out on the road to take on the Cherry Hill East Cougars at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Rancocas Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Gloucester Catholic, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Rancocas Valley was ranked 16th). Rancocas Valley fell just short of Gloucester Catholic by a score of 6-5 on Tuesday. Rancocas Valley's loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Cherry Hill East had to settle for a 4-3 defeat against West Windsor-Plainsboro North on Saturday.
Rancocas Valley's loss dropped their record down to 13-5. As for Cherry Hill East, their defeat was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-10.
Rancocas Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Cherry Hill East in their previous matchup back in April, sneaking past 10-9. Does Rancocas Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cherry Hill East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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