The Aurora East Tomcats will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Harvest Christian Academy Lions at 4:30 p.m. The pair are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Having struggled with eight defeats in a row, Aurora East finally turned things around against Round Lake on Wednesday. Everything went Aurora East's way against Round Lake as Aurora East made off with a 20-9 victory. Aurora East's offense finally found a way to get into gear: the high-octane performance was a 180-degree turn from their last five games.
Meanwhile, Harvest Christian Academy put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They put the hurt on Willows Academy with a sharp 15-3 win.
Alyssa Burke made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over four innings while giving up just two earned runs off one hit. Burke was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.
In other batting news, McKenna Nestrick was incredible, scoring four runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. Kenzie Weidman was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Aurora East's victory ended a 16-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-13. As for Harvest Christian Academy, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season.
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