The Emporia Spartans will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Hayden Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Emporia is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 16 runs on Friday, they were much more limited against Blue Valley Southwest on Saturday. They lost 11-2 to the Timberwolves.
Meanwhile, Hayden was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They lost 14-0 to Eudora.
Emporia's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-14. As for Hayden, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Emporia came out on top in a nail-biter against Hayden in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, sneaking past 10-8. Does Emporia have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hayden turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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