The Herbert Hoover Huskies will head out to face off against the Capital Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Herbert Hoover is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Hurricane, who was ranked 11th at the time (Herbert Hoover was ranked tenth). The Huskies fell just short of the Redskins by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Herbert Hoover couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Capital managed to keep up with Greenbrier East until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Cougars lost 3-0 to the Spartans.
Capital's loss dropped their record down to 8-7-3. As for Herbert Hoover, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-3-2.
Herbert Hoover skirted past Capital 3-2 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Huskies since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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