The Africentric Early College Nubians will venture away from home to take on the South Bulldogs at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 14 consecutive losses dating back to last season for Africentric Early College and nine for South.
Africentric Early College is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 12 runs back in April, they were much more limited against Eastmoor Academy back in April. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 20-1.
Meanwhile, South suffered their closest defeat since April 19, 2024 on Monday. They fell just short of Independence by a score of 11-9.
South saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kellin Campbell, who got on base in all four of his plate appearances with five stolen bases, three runs, and one RBI. With that strong performance, Campbell is now averaging an impressive 1.1 stolen bases per game. Another was Ovanti Dennis, who went 1-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.
Africentric Early College's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for South, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
Africentric Early College couldn't quite finish off South in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 and fell 13-11. Can the Nubians avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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