Softball Game Preview: Canfield Cardinals vs. Boardman Spartans

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Previous Games

05/09/25 - Away	6-5 W
04/18/24 - Away	6-0 W
04/13/24 - Home	10-0 W
05/08/23 - Away	5-0 W
04/25/23 - Home	6-4 W
+ 5 more games

Canfield has gone 8-2 against Boardman recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Cardinals will welcome the Spartans at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Boardman will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Canfield extended their winning streak to three on Thursday. The Cardinals' pitchers stepped up to hand East a 14-0 shutout.

Meanwhile, Boardman won against West Branch on Monday with 13 runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Spartans were the clear victors by a 13-6 margin over Roosevelt. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.

Laci Jurus was a standout: she went a perfect 4-for-4 with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. Those three runs gave her a new career-high. Jocelynn Torres was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.

Canfield pushed their record up to 19-3-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Boardman, their win bumped their record up to 19-4.

Canfield came out on top in a nail-biter against Boardman in their previous meeting on Friday, sneaking past 6-5. Will the Cardinals repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.