The William Penn Colonials will face off against the Caravel Academy Buccaneers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
William Penn is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Mount Pleasant, who was ranked 21st at the time (William Penn was ranked tenth). The Colonials' pitchers stepped up to hand the Green Knights an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Colonials in their matchups with the Green Knights: they've now won six in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Caravel Academy). They blew past Bel Air 10-0 on Tuesday. The Buccaneers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by six runs or more this season.
Caravel Academy's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for William Penn, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
William Penn came out on top in a nail-biter against Caravel Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 5-3. Do the Colonials have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Buccaneers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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