Baseball Game Preview: Mountain View Bruins vs. Juan Diego Catholic Soaring Eagle

The Mountain View Bruins will head out to challenge the Juan Diego Catholic Soaring Eagle at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Mountain View has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with six straight defeats, while Juan Diego Catholic will come in with four straight victories.

Things were looking good for Mountain View after they put the first run on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They came up short against Timpanogos, falling 15-5.

Josh Hair

Runs

03/14/25 vs Hunter	4
03/06/25 vs Moapa Valley	3
04/25/25 @ Timpanogos	2
04/02/25 vs Payson	2
03/17/25 @ Summit Academy	2
+ 7 more games

Josh Hair was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base. Mountain View is 4-1 when Hair posts two or more runs, but 5-14 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Caden Imes, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

Meanwhile, Juan Diego Catholic had just enough and edged out Tooele 15-14 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Soaring Eagle have posted against the Buffaloes since March 12, 2020.

The team relied heavily on Castle Huggard, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, four runs, and two RBI. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Nick Richardson was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one home run and two RBI.

Juan Diego Catholic kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 16 hits. That's the most hits they've managed all season.

Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 9-15. As for Juan Diego Catholic, their record now sits at 13-11.

Mountain View suffered a grim 9-2 defeat to Juan Diego Catholic in their previous meeting back in March of 2016. Can the Bruins avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.