Central Noble is 7-2 against Angola since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Central Noble Cougars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Angola Hornets at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, Central Noble came up short against Fairfield and fell 8-4.
Central Noble saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kensy Kimmell, who went 1-for-3 with a triple. Kimmell has been consistent recently: she hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances. Kyleigh Egolf was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, Central Noble didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 13 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fairfield only tossed three.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Angola's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell 6-2 to East Noble.
Central Noble's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-6. As for Angola, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-9.
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