Crete-Monee is 7-2 against Thornwood since May of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Crete-Monee Warriors have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Thornwood Thunderbirds at 4:30 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Crete-Monee will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by seven) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with an 8-6 victory over Argo.
Crete-Monee saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Bren Milburn, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 4-for-4. Samuel McCandless was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a double.
Meanwhile, Thornwood waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Wildcats 16-2.
Crete-Monee has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Thornwood, their win bumped their record up to 7-8-1.
Crete-Monee skirted past Thornwood 7-6 in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Will Crete-Monee repeat their success, or does Thornwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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