The Forsyth Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Mt. Vernon Mountaineers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Forsyth faced Strafford in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Forsyth wound up on the wrong side of a tough 10-2 walloping at the hands of Strafford. Forsyth has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon suffered a rough 12-6 defeat at the hands of Pittsburg on Tuesday.
Hali Stokes was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Forsyth now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Mt. Vernon, their loss ended a 17-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-3.
Forsyth might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from Mt. Vernon when the teams last played last Tuesday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mt. Vernon's Emily Schubert, who kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out 13 over five innings pitched. Now that Forsyth knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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