The Whitefield Academy Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the South Oldham Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Whitefield Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 15 runs last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Shelby County on Thursday. They lost 13-2 to the Rockets.
Lyla Johnson made the most of her time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-3 with a triple, a run, and a double.
Even though they lost, Whitefield Academy didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Shelby County only tossed eight.
South Oldham never got on the board in their matchup two weeks ago, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Simon Kenton last Monday. They walked away with an 11-7 win over the Pioneers.
Whitefield Academy's loss dropped their record down to 9-7. As for South Oldham, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8-1 record this season.
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