The Monona Grove Silver Eagles will face off against the Vel Phillips Memorial Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Vel Phillips Memorial will be up against a hot Monona Grove squad: the team just extended their winning streak to four. The Silver Eagles blew past Sun Prairie West 7-1 on Friday.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Vel Phillips Memorial, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. Everything went their way against Madison West on Friday as they made off with a 9-1 win.
The team relied heavily on Caleb Liggon, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April. Ezra Liggon was another key player, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two RBI.
Monona Grove's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-7. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Vel Phillips Memorial, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups. That somehow still isn't as good as their 17-5-1 record this season.
Monona Grove was able to grind out a solid victory over Vel Phillips Memorial in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, winning 7-2. Will the Silver Eagles repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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