Smoky Valley is on a seven-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Nickerson a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Friday. The Smoky Valley Vikings will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Nickerson Panthers at 4:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Smoky Valley might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 16-1 to Haven, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Nickerson challenged Hoisington on Tuesday. The Panthers came up short against the Cardinals, falling 18-3. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Nickerson saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Huggard, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.
Nickerson's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Smoky Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Smoky Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Nickerson when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 18-13. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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