On Thursday, Chaska faced Champlin Park in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Chaska Hawks fell just short of the Champlin Park Rebels by a score of 2-1. Chaska was red-hot at the plate headed into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matches prior) but Champlin Park's pitcher proved too tough.
Chaska saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Grace Swigart, who went 2-for-2 with a double.
Chaska's defeat dropped their record down to 15-5. As for Champlin Park, the victory was the 14th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-2.
Chaska will head out on the road to take on North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North is coming into the contest with eight straight wins at home, so Chaska will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Champlin Park does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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