Softball Game Preview: Cherokee on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 2, 2024, 4:21am

Softball Preview: Cherokee Braves vs. Andrews Wildcats

The Cherokee Braves will be playing at home against the Andrews Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Cherokee will head into Wednesday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Rosman on Wednesday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the seven-run defeat they were dealt on Friday. Cherokee fell just short of Rosman by a score of 6-4. Cherokee has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Andrews' offense. They lost 12-0 to Swain County on Monday.

Cherokee's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-7. As for Andrews, their defeat was their sixth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-11.

Cherokee was able to grind out a solid victory over Andrews in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, winning 6-1. Will Cherokee repeat their success, or does Andrews have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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