Softball Recap: Kalamazoo Central Beats Lakeview for Their Third Straight Win

Maroon Giants

Margin (Wins)

04/11/25 vs Portage Northern	16
04/19/25 @ Pennfield	15
04/21/25 vs Plainwell	12
04/16/25 @ Norrix	12
05/13/25 @ Kalamazoo Christian	11

Kalamazoo Central had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past the Lakeview Spartans 8-2. The result was nothing new for the Maroon Giants, who have now won nine contests by six runs or more so far this season.

Kalamazoo Central's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-5. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.3 runs over those games. As for Lakeview, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-7.

Coming up, Kalamazoo Central will venture away from home to challenge Parchment at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lakeview has already played their next match (against Walled Lake Northern), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.