The Wilkes Central Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the North Wilkes Vikings at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Wilkes Central and seven for North Wilkes.
Last Thursday, Wilkes Central suffered a tough 13-3 defeat at the hands of East Surry. That's two games in a row now that Wilkes Central has lost by exactly ten runs.
Wilkes Central saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dawson Krenz, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI.
Meanwhile, North Wilkes pushed their score all the way to 11 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell just short of Alleghany by a score of 12-11. Even if North Wilkes couldn't come away with the win, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
Wilkes Central's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for North Wilkes, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Wilkes Central suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to North Wilkes when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Wilkes Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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