Softball Preview: Southern Boone Eagles vs. Blair Oaks Falcons
Southern Boone is 1-9 against Blair Oaks since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles faces off against the Blair Oaks Falcons at 5:00 p.m. Southern Boone is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
Southern Boone will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the ten-run they dealt Palmyra on Saturday. Everything went Southern Boone's way against Palmyra as Southern Boone made off with a 12-2 win.
Meanwhile, Blair Oaks came up short against Hickman on Monday and fell 8-5.
Blair Oaks saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Avery Libbert, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI. What's more, Libbert also racked up two hits, the mostshe's had in her last seven matchups. Another player making a difference was Emma Caldwell, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Southern Boone is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-9 record this season. As for Blair Oaks, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-16 record this season.
Southern Boone couldn't quite finish off Blair Oaks in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 6-4. Can Southern Boone avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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