A feisty cat fight will be fought as Searcy Lions duke it out with Heber Springs Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Searcy is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Nettleton an 18-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Lions have beaten the Raiders the last nine times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Raiders has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Heber Springs came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 5-0.
Heber Springs' victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-5. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Searcy, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 6-5.
Searcy couldn't quite get it done against Heber Springs when the teams last played back in February of 2024 as they fell 6-2. Can the Lions avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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