The Etowah Eagles will head out to face off against the Hillgrove Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Etowah is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Etowah is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Blessed Trinity, who was ranked second at the time (Etowah was ranked first). The Eagles never let the Titans get on the board and left with an 8-0 win on Wednesday. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 18 games by six runs or more this season.
Meanwhile, Hillgrove posted their closest victory since April 1st on Wednesday. They won by a run and slipped past Holy Innocents Episcopal 10-9. The win was nothing new for the Hawks as they're now sitting on three straight.
Etowah pushed their record up to 27-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Hillgrove, their victory bumped their record up to 19-10.
Etowah might still be hurting after the 12-5 loss they got from Hillgrove in their previous meeting back in April of 2019. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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