Marshwood and Sanford are an even 4-4 against one another since May of 2016, but likely not for long. The Marshwood Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the Sanford Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Marshwood: 2.6, Sanford: 2.6) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Marshwood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Scarborough, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Marshwood was ranked 21st). Marshwood fell just short of Scarborough by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. It was the first time this season that Marshwood let down their fans at home.
Meanwhile, Sanford didn't have quite enough to beat Falmouth on Saturday and fell 3-1. Sanford has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Marshwood's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-5. As for Sanford, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4.
Marshwood couldn't quite finish off Sanford in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 and fell 2-0. Can Marshwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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