Baseball Game Preview: Kiona-Benton Bears vs. College Place Hawks

The Kiona-Benton Bears will head out on the road to take on the College Place Hawks at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Kiona-Benton and eight for College Place.

Kiona-Benton made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Royal, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Bears fell just short of the Knights by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. Surprisingly, this marked the Bears' fifth straight game in which the away team has come away the victor.

Meanwhile, College Place didn't have quite enough to beat Zillah on Saturday and fell 6-5.

College Place's loss dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Kiona-Benton, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11-1.

Kiona-Benton beat College Place 7-3 in their previous matchup back in April of 2024. Will the Bears repeat their success, or do the Hawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.