The Rockhurst Hawklets will take on the Lee's Summit North Broncos at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Rockhurst is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Saint Thomas Aquinas, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Rockhurst was ranked 19th). The Hawklets came out on top against the Saints by a score of 12-8 on Friday. 12 seems to be a good number for the Hawklets as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Lee's Summit North and Lee's Summit West meet (six straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Thursday. The Broncos blew past the Titans 10-3. The result was nothing new for the Broncos, who have now won ten matchups by seven runs or more so far this season.
Rockhurst has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Lee's Summit North, they now have a winning record of 16-15.
Rockhurst couldn't quite get it done against Lee's Summit North in their previous meeting back in April as they fell 6-3. Can the Hawklets avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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