Baseball Game Preview: Clarion-Limestone Lions vs. Moniteau Warriors

For the first time this season, Clarion-Limestone will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will venture away from home to challenge the Moniteau Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Clarion-Limestone is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak dating back to last season.

Last Friday, Clarion-Limestone didn't have quite enough to beat Brockway and fell 2-1.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Moniteau). Everything went their way against North Clarion on Thursday as they made off with a 12-0 win. The Warriors haven't had any issues with the Wolves recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.

Carson Minnear looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.

On the hitting side, Moniteau got a massive performance out of Dawson Cook, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave Cook a new career-high. Derrik Creedon-Moyer was another key player, going a perfect 3-for-3 with one triple, two RBI, and one run.

Clarion-Limestone's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Moniteau, the win got them back to even at 3-3.

Clarion-Limestone came out on top in a nail-biter against Moniteau in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.