Baseball Game Preview: Clearwater Valley Rams vs. McCall-Donnelly Vandals

The Clearwater Valley Rams will take on the McCall-Donnelly Vandals on Friday. Clearwater Valley will be strutting in after a win while McCall-Donnelly will be coming in after a loss.

Clearwater Valley is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Monday. Everything went their way against Nezperce as Clearwater Valley made off with a 17-2 victory. The win continues a trend for the Rams in their matchups with the Nighthawks: they've now won seven in a row.

Clearwater Valley got a massive performance out of Josh Gardner, who went 1-for-2 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. That's the most RBI Gardner has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Jake Fabbi, who scored three runs and stole Two bases. while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.

Meanwhile, McCall-Donnelly was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 16th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Homedale, falling 24-0.

Clearwater Valley skirted past McCall-Donnelly 15-13 in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Will Clearwater Valley repeat their success, or does McCall-Donnelly have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.