The Haines City Hornets will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Poinciana Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Thursday, Haines City fell victim to a rough 20-5 defeat at the hands of Ridge Community.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Poinciana's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Tohopekaliga by a score of 7-5.
Poinciana saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Neveah Peters, who went 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Corymar Gotay, who went 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Haines City dropped their record down to 0-3 with that loss, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Poinciana, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-4.
Haines City skirted past Poinciana 6-4 when the teams last played back in April of 2017. The rematch might be a little tougher for Haines City since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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