Softball Game Preview: Lemont Plays at Home

By Team Reports May 15, 2024, 4:21am

Softball Preview: Lemont Lemont HS vs. Argo Argonauts

Lemont is 6-0 against Argo since April of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Lemont Lemont HS will look to defend their home field against the Argo Argonauts at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Lemont is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Thursday, just like they did against Thornton Fractional South (and have done all season long). Everything went Lemont's way against Thornton Fractional South on Tuesday as Lemont made off with a 9-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lemont.

Lemont got a massive performance out of Lauren Grames, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Another player making a difference was Jessica Pontrelli, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.

Meanwhile, Argo made easy work of Thornton Fractional South on Thursday and carried off a 14-3 win.

Lemont's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-10. As for Argo, their win bumped their record up to 11-13.

Lemont took their victory against Argo when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 11-1. Will Lemont repeat their success, or does Argo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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