The Nickerson Panthers are taking a road trip to square off against the Smoky Valley Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Nickerson and 11 for Smoky Valley dating back to last season.
It was a proper cat-fight when Nickerson faced off against Hoisington on Tuesday. The Panthers lost 18-3 to the Cardinals. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by exactly 15 runs.
Nickerson saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Taylor Huggard, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with one RBI.
Smoky Valley might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 16-1 to Haven, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Nickerson's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Smoky Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Nickerson came up short against Smoky Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 18-13. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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