Softball Preview: Pahranagat Valley Panthers vs. Beaver Dam Diamondback
Pahranagat Valley is 10-0 against Beaver Dam since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success in Friday's first game. The Pahranagat Valley Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Beaver Dam Diamondback at 1:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pahranagat Valley has five straight wins, Beaver Dam has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pahranagat Valley stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard in Friday's second game. They put the hurt on Indian Springs with a sharp 16-1 victory. 16 seems to be a good number for Pahranagat Valley as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Hadee Walch looked comfortable as she tossed three innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits (she also didn't allow any walks).
At the plate, Kasandra Twitchell was a standout: she scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Myla Walch was another key contributor, scoring three runs while going 3-for-3.
Beaver Dam might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 19-3 to El Capitan/Centennial Academy, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Pahranagat Valley pushed their record up to 10-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 20.8 runs per game. As for Beaver Dam, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-14.
Everything went Pahranagat Valley's way against Beaver Dam in their previous meeting back in March as Pahranagat Valley made off with a 21-4 win. Will Pahranagat Valley repeat their success, or does Beaver Dam have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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