The Ewing Blue Devils will challenge the East Brunswick Bears at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Ewing barely beat Hightstown the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Blue Devils' pitcher stepped up to hand the Rams a 10-0 shutout on Friday. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for the Blue Devils considering their one-run performance the contest before.
Abbie Mahan was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out nine over six innings pitched. Mahan was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run marked the first that she has launched this season.
In other batting news, Ewing let Sydney Mahan and Peyton Hansbury run wild. Mahan went 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI, while Hansbury went 3-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double. That's the most hits Mahan has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Morris, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Ewing was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hightstown only posted a batting average of .227.
Meanwhile, East Brunswick came tearing into Saturday's game with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.6 runs), and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Mustangs as they made off with a 22-0 win. Considering the Bears have won 11 matchups by more than five runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
East Brunswick's victory bumped their record up to 17-8. As for Ewing, their win bumped their record up to 7-14.
Ewing skirted past East Brunswick 13-12 when the teams last played back in May of 2025. Will the Blue Devils repeat their success, or do the Bears have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
