Softball Game Preview: Hale Center Owls vs. Olton Mustangs

For the second straight game, Hale Center will face off against Olton. The Owls will head out to take on the Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hale Center has ten straight wins, Olton has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Hale Center is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They never let Olton get on the board and left with a 26-0 victory on Tuesday. Considering the Owls have won 14 matches by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Miella Anguiano was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. She has been consistent : she hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in eight consecutive appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-3.

Breylin Rey

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/15/25 vs Olton	4
03/17/25 @ New Deal	3
04/09/25 vs Abernathy	1
03/25/25 vs Sudan	1

In other batting news, Hale Center got a massive performance out of Breylin Rey, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, five stolen bases, and three runs. The dominant performance also gave Rey a new career-high in RBI (four). Madison Dahl was another key player, scoring four runs and stealing five bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances.

Hale Center always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .812. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Hale Center pushed their record up to 20-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.9 runs on average over those games. As for Olton, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-17.