The Elida Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Bellefontaine Chieftains at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Elida is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Memorial on Thursday. The Bulldogs lost 5-1 to the Roughriders. Elida haven't had much luck with Memorial recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Bellefontaine kept a clean sheet against Urbana on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Hillclimbers, sneaking past 1-0. Bellefontaine didn't have much to brag about two games back, but this win makes it their second in a row.
Bellefontaine's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 4-10. As for Elida, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8-3.
Elida came out on top in a nail-biter against Bellefontaine in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Bulldogs since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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