The Fort Scott Tigers will face off against the Baxter Springs Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
After dropping their season opener at home, Baxter Springs is headed out to face a Tigers squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Fort Scott fell just short of Anderson County by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Fort Scott sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-19, 22-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Baxter Springs' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Riverton. While the Lions didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-34), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-11, 25-27, 25-14.
Everything went Fort Scott's way against Baxter Springs in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Fort Scott made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Fort Scott repeat their success, or does Baxter Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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