Baseball Game Preview: Vista PEAK Prep Bison vs. Northfield Nighthawks

Bison

Runs

04/11/25 vs Denver North	6
04/08/25 @ Denver East	8
04/05/25 vs Montbello	10
04/02/25 vs Aurora Central	21
04/01/25 @ Grandview	0
+ 10 more games

The Vista PEAK Prep Bison will head out to take on the Northfield Nighthawks at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Vista PEAK Prep is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.

Vista PEAK Prep easily dispatched Denver East on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Bison fell just short of Denver North by a score of 8-6 on Friday. The Bison have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.

Karter Robertson was huge no matter where he played even without the win. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Robertson was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.

In other batting news, Domenic Montoya made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs while going 2-for-3.

Meanwhile, Northfield waltzed into their match on Monday with nine straight wins... but they left with ten. They walked away with a 10-7 victory over the Lions.

Jacob Lawson looked comfortable as he pitched four innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits.

At the plate, Jose Fernando La Cruz Romero and Jack Phiel did most of the damage at the plate: La Cruz Romero scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Phiel went 3-for-4 with five RBI and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryder Wicks, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances.

Northfield's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-1. The road victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for Vista PEAK Prep, they now have a losing record of 7-8.

Vista PEAK Prep might still be hurting after the 8-2 loss they got from Northfield when the teams last played back in March. Can the Bison avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.