The Centennial Chargers are taking a road trip to challenge the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Centennial will be strutting in after a victory while St. Joseph-Ogden will be coming in after a defeat.
Centennial will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Normal West, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Centennial won by a run and slipped past Normal West 7-6.
Madden Schurvinske was excellent, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Jake Miller also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph-Ogden faced Andrew in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. St. Joseph-Ogden fell 4-1 to Andrew. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Centennial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 3-3-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.8 runs over those games. With the loss, St. Joseph-Ogden broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 7-2.
Centennial might still be hurting after the 19-2 defeat they got from St. Joseph-Ogden when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Can Centennial avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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