After six games on the road, Newton-Conover is heading back home. They will take on the Bandys Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Wednesday, Newton-Conover fell victim to a rough 16-1 defeat at the hands of East Rutherford.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Bandys' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Maiden by a score of 2-1.
Easton Ledford was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with a home run.
Newton-Conover's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-10. As for Bandys, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 15-3.
Newton-Conover came up short against Bandys in their previous meeting back in March, falling 5-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ledford, who struck out 11 batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that Newton-Conover knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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