The O'Fallon Panthers will face off against the Triad Knights at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (O'Fallon 3.7, Triad 2.2) so any runs scored will be well earned.
It was a proper cat-fight when O'Fallon took on Breese Central on Friday. The Panthers came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cougars, sneaking past 4-3. The victory continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now won three in a row.
Meanwhile, Triad faced Mascoutah in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. The Knights fell just short of the Indians by a score of 10-8. The Knights' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
O'Fallon's win bumped their record up to 18-7. As for Triad, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 21-4.
O'Fallon beat Triad 5-2 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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