The Derby Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Maize South Mavericks on Friday. Derby is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
Derby can't be too worried about heading out to take on Maize South: they just beat Eisenhower at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Derby narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Eisenhower 3-1. Three seems to be a good number for Derby as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Maize South faced South in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Maize South fell just short of South by a score of 11-10. Maize South's defeat signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Derby is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. As for Maize South, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-3.
Derby suffered a grim 14-5 defeat to Maize South in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Derby avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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