The West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] Cougars will face off against the Greenfield/Northwestern Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Routt Catholic just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Rockets by a score of 8-6. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Cougars have suffered since May 22, 2024.
Meanwhile, Greenfield/Northwestern sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-5 victory over Gillespie on Wednesday.
Greenfield/Northwestern saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brock Bowman, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Greenfield/Northwestern is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs], their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 12-2.
West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] took their victory against Greenfield/Northwestern when the teams last played on Friday by a conclusive 19-2 score. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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