Cherokee is on an eight-game streak of home losses (dating back to last season), Hampton an eight-game streak of away losses (dating back to last season), but someone's luck is about to change. The Cherokee Chiefs will take on the Hampton Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Cherokee will face Hampton after dropping another heartbreaker against Claiborne on Thursday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 2.1 2.1 runs of beating them. Cherokee fell 14-11 to Claiborne.
Meanwhile, Hampton fell victim to Johnson County and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 23-0 walloping at the hands of the Longhorns.
Hampton saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Lauren Smith, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
Cherokee's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Hampton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
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