Baseball Game Preview: North Sanpete Hawks vs. Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs

The North Sanpete Hawks will square off against the Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. North Sanpete will be strutting in after a win while Judge Memorial Catholic will be coming in after a defeat.

North Sanpete lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Summit Academy, but it's fair to say they got their revenge given the result of Saturday's contest. North Sanpete never let Summit Academy get on the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hawks.

Hudson Smith

Batters Struck Out (Career)

03/08/25 vs Summit Academy	8
03/20/24 @ American Leadership Academy	5
03/08/24 vs Kanab	4
04/10/24 vs South Sevier	3
04/12/24 @ Emery	2

Hudson Smith made a splash no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over six innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts. He was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Those runs marked the first that he scored this season.

In other batting news, Aaron Costello was incredible, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run, three RBI, and one stolen base. Wyatt Williams also deserves some recognition as he got his first hits of the season.

North Sanpete always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .538. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Judge Memorial Catholic came up short against Morgan on Saturday, falling 17-6. The loss was the Bulldogs' first of the season.

Kohl Donelson was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring three runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-2. Dominic Fassio was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-4.

Having lost for the first time this season, Judge Memorial Catholic fell to 2-1. As for North Sanpete, the win got them back to even at 2-2.

North Sanpete suffered a grim 14-6 defeat to Judge Memorial Catholic in their previous matchup back in May of 2021. Can North Sanpete avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.