Softball Recap: Homewood-Flossmoor Comes Up Short

Homewood-Flossmoor was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 6-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Richards Bulldogs. That's two games in a row now that the Vikings have lost by exactly three runs.

Izzy Thurman was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. Thurman was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.

In other batting news, Skylar Skinner was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-2 with one home run.

Homewood-Flossmoor now has a losing record of 6-7. As for Richards, the victory (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 10-7.

Coming up, Homewood-Flossmoor will square off against Bradley-Bourbonnais at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Boilermakers' pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so the Vikings' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Richards, they will be playing at home against Evergreen Park at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.