The Osceola Indians will challenge the Rich Hill Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Osceola is coming into the match hot, having won their last six games.
Osceola took a three-set defeat the last time they faced off against Jasper, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Indians skirted past the Eagles 3-2.
Osceola was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 21-25, 14-25, 25-13, 15-11.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times Rich Hill and Archie had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Tigers came up short against the Whirlwinds on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
While Rich Hill was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Archie's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-10.
Rich Hill's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Osceola, their win bumped their record up to 15-7-5.
Osceola was able to grind out a solid victory over Rich Hill when the teams last played back in October of 2024, winning 3-1. Will the Indians repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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