The Wolfe City Wolves will challenge the Leonard Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Wolfe City will be strutting in after a victory while Leonard will be coming in after a loss.
Wolfe City is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest win since March 28, 2024 on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-1 victory over Prairiland.
The team relied heavily on Lyric Sandlin, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 2-for-2. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game. Hadlee Painter was another key player, going a perfect2-for-2 with one stolen base and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Leonard was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 19th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Celeste, falling 15-3.
Leonard saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Madison Prather, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one run.
Wolfe City's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-2. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the losses came by an average of only four runs. As for Leonard, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Wolfe City came up short against Leonard when the teams last played back in February of 2022, falling 14-9. Can Wolfe City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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