Hillcrest is 0-10 against Shepard since September of 2014 but things could change on Thursday. The Hillcrest Hawks will challenge the Shepard Astros at 4:30 p.m.
Hillcrest is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Evergreen Park.
After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Shepard entered their tilt with Lemont on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Lemont HS 2-1.
Shepard was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (70-65), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-21, 26-24.
Hillcrest's defeat dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Shepard, their record now sits at 7-3.
Hillcrest came up short against Shepard in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Hillcrest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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