The Forest Park Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Northgate Vikings at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Forest Park beat Riverdale 8-4. The win continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Raiders: they've now won six in a row.
Jacoby Hendricks was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with five stolen bases and four runs. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in March of 2025. The team also got some help courtesy of Andre Turnipseed, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
Forest Park was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .379. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Riverdale only posted a batting average of .231.
Northgate hadn't beaten LaGrange on the road since April 4, 2019 but that history sure didn't bother them on Friday. The Vikings narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Grangers 4-2. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by exactly two runs.
Forest Park now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Northgate, their record now sits at 3-0.
Forest Park might still be hurting after the 16-1 defeat they got from Northgate in their previous matchup back in March of 2016. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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