The Western Reserve Roughriders will challenge the Mapleton Mounties at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Western Reserve has four straight victories, Mapleton has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Western Reserve gave up the first runs on Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. They put the hurt on Mansfield Christian with a sharp 7-1 win.
Meanwhile, Mapleton came up short against Crestview on Friday, falling 21-5.
Ethan Dennison was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with three RBI.
Western Reserve's victory bumped their record up to 11-9. As for Mapleton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-18.
Western Reserve got the 'W' in their previous matchup back in April against Mapleton by a conclusive 17-3 score. Will the Roughriders repeat their success, or do the Mounties have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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