The Lone Grove Longhorns will square off against the Blackwell Maroons at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Blackwell will be up against a hot Lone Grove team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Lone Grove put the hurt on Stonewall with a sharp 10-1 win on Monday. The result was nothing new for Lone Grove, who have now won 16 games by eight runs or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Blackwell hadn't done well against Crossings Christian recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Maroons blew past the Knights 9-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Maroons.
Lone Grove pushed their record up to 26-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 11.3 runs over those games. As for Blackwell, their victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-10 and their overall record up to 6-19.
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