The Holly Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Haxtun Fightin' Bulldogs at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Holly heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Saturday. They lost 11-1 to Eads. Having soared to a lofty 15 runs in the game before, Holly couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, after a string of ten wins, Haxtun's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They lost 11-0 to Merino. The game marked the first time this season in which Haxtun was not able to get on the board.
Haxtun saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kaiden Schelling, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Even though they lost, Haxtun didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Merino only tossed four.
Holly's loss dropped their record down to 13-8. As for Haxtun, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-5.
Holly came out on top in a nail-biter against Haxtun in their previous meeting back in May of 2022, sneaking past 6-5. Does Holly have another victory up their sleeve, or will Haxtun turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
