The South Nodaway Longhorns will head out on the road to face off against the South Holt Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, South Nodaway came up short against Mid-Buchanan and fell 6-1. The loss continues a trend for the Longhorns in their meetings with the Dragons: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, South Holt entered their tilt with Northland Christian on Tuesday with five consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with six. They came within a single run of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against Northland Christian.
Tycen Skeen and Hayes Weller made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Skeen pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off four hits. Meanwhile, Weller tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. At the plate, Skeen went 1-for-2 with two RBI, while Weller went 2-for-4 with two runs and one triple. That triple was Weller's first of the season.
They weren't the only ones making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Biondo, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
South Nodaway's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for South Holt, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
South Nodaway came out on top in a nail-biter against South Holt when the teams last played back in May of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Longhorns since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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