Conant and Lake Park are an even 3-3 against one another since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Conant Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Lake Park Lancers at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Conant is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
If Conant beats Lake Park with seven runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Conant had just enough and edged Elk Grove out 7-6.
Connor Kehoe looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Jake Parpet was incredible, going 1-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Maize, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Lake Park faced St. Charles North in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Lake Park fell just short of St. Charles North by a score of 3-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Lake Park couldn't push the score so high this time.
Lake Park saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was James Kelley, who went 2-for-3 with a triple and a run.
Conant pushed their record up to 21-7 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Lake Park, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 24-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Conant hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.6 home runs per game. However, it's not like Lake Park struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.4. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Conant couldn't quite finish off Lake Park when the teams last played back in May of 2023 and fell 7-5. Can Conant avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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