The Vernon Hills Cougars will take on the Niles West Wolves at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Vernon Hills will be strutting in after a win while Niles West will be coming in after a defeat.
Vernon Hills' pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Maine East as they made off with a 12-0 victory.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 16 runs the game before, Niles West was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Maine West. The loss continues a trend for the Wolves in their meetings with the Warriors: they've now lost five in a row.
Niles West saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sarah Park, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Vernon Hills' win bumped their record up to 9-19. As for Niles West, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-14.
Vernon Hills came out on top in a nail-biter against Niles West in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 5-3. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Wolves have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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