A feisty cat fight will be fought as North Pike Jaguars challenge Brookhaven Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. North Pike is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
North Pike is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Natchez 15-0 on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Ellyn Williams was a standout: she scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. That's the most runs she has posted since back in March of 2024. Brenn Boyd was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-2.
North Pike always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .600. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Brookhaven didn't have quite enough to beat Yazoo County on Saturday and fell 4-3.
Brookhaven saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Zaylee Reed, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
North Pike picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 3-12. As for Brookhaven, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Everything went North Pike's way against Brookhaven in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as North Pike made off with a 12-2 victory. Will North Pike repeat their success, or does Brookhaven has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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