Iroquois West is on a five-game streak of home losses, and St. Anne a 21-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The Iroquois West Raiders will be playing in front of their home fans against the St. Anne Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Iroquois West fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Watseka on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 6-5.
Iroquois West saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jordyn Meents, who went 1-for-4 with one triple and one run. Another was Leah Honeycutt, who went 1-for-4 with two runs and one double.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for St. Anne's offense. They came up short against Beecher on Tuesday, falling 14-0.
St. Anne's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Iroquois West, their loss dropped their record down to 6-13.
Everything went Iroquois West's way against St. Anne in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Iroquois West made off with a 16-0 victory. Will the Raiders repeat their success, or do the Cardinals have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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