After four games on the road, Olathe Northwest is heading back home. They will host the Gardner-Edgerton Trailblazers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Olathe Northwest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Shawnee Mission East, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Olathe Northwest was ranked 17th). Olathe Northwest came up short against Shawnee Mission East on Thursday, falling 8-0.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Gardner-Edgerton was not quite Shawnee Mission South's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 1-0.
Olathe Northwest's defeat dropped their record down to 4-2-2. As for Gardner-Edgerton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3.
Olathe Northwest came out on top in a nail-biter against Gardner-Edgerton when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Olathe Northwest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gardner-Edgerton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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