Softball Recap: Guardian Angels Central Catholic Wins Going Away Against South Sioux City

Bluejays

Margin (Wins)

08/23/25 vs Southern/Diller-Odell	11
08/23/25 vs Bayard	11
08/30/25 @ South Sioux City	10
08/28/25 vs Freeman	7

Guardian Angels Central Catholic got themselves on the board against South Sioux City on Saturday, but South Sioux City never followed suit. They put the hurt on the Cardinals with a sharp 10-0 victory. Considering the Bluejays have won four contests by more than six runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Josie Ritter and Madie Thiele did most of the damage at the plate: Ritter went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI, while Thiele went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run. Those three RBI gave Thiele a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Emerson Baumert, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one run.

Guardian Angels Central Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .409. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Guardian Angels Central Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.8 runs on average over those games. As for South Sioux City, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.

Coming up, Guardian Angels Central Catholic will host Arlington at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Bluejays' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Eagles have averaged an impressive 6.7 runs per game this season. As for South Sioux City, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Tekamah-Herman at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Cardinals are facing the Tigers at the right time seeing as the Tigers are stuck on a four-game losing streak.