The Cherokee Christian Warriors will square off against the Lafayette Christian Cougars at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Cherokee Christian has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Lafayette Christian will arrive with eight straight wins.
The home team had come away the winner the last six times Cherokee Christian and Dominion Christian had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. Cherokee Christian fell just short of Dominion Christian by a score of 8-6 on Tuesday.
Cherokee Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Will McCure, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Lafayette Christian earned a 6-1 victory over Southern Christian on Thursday.
Logan Childree was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Josiah Hughes was another, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Lafayette Christian hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in six consecutive matches.
Lafayette Christian pushed their record up to 12-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.7 runs on average over those games. As for Cherokee Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Cherokee Christian came out on top in a nail-biter against Lafayette Christian in their previous meeting back in May of 2023, sneaking past 6-5. Does Cherokee Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lafayette Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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