Softball Game Preview: Harker Heights Knights vs. Bryan Vikings
By Team Reports
Mar 8, 2025, 1:02am
Softball Preview: Harker Heights Knights vs. Bryan Vikings

Knights
03/07/25 @ Killeen | 19 |
03/04/25 vs Midway | 0 |
03/01/25 vs Cleburne | 4 |
03/01/25 vs Hudson | 3 |
02/28/25 vs Lago Vista | 7 |
+ 15 more games |
Harker Heights and Bryan are an even 4-4 against one another since March of 2021, but likely not for long. The Harker Heights Knights will welcome the Bryan Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Harker Heights is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.
Harker Heights' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Killeen as Harker Heights made off with a 19-0 victory. The Knights haven't had any issues with the Kangaroos recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.
Janelly Rios made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit (and not a single walk). That's the most strikeouts she has posted over her last 12 games. She was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI.
In other batting news, Harker Heights got a massive performance out of Lewansi Luna Guzman, who scored three runs while going 2-for-3. What's more, Luna Guzman posted two RBI, the most she's had over her last 12 contests. Leila Osuna was another key player, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3.
Harker Heights hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most five strikeouts in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Bryan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 14-2 to Copperas Cove.
Harker Heights' victory bumped their record up to 15-5. As for Bryan, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Harker Heights was able to grind out a solid win over Bryan when the teams last played back in April of 2024, winning 17-13. Will Harker Heights repeat their success, or does Bryan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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