Baseball Recap: St. Bede Picks Up Ninth Straight Win at Home

There's no place like home for St. Bede, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They walked away with a 9-4 victory over the Parkview Christian Academy Falcons on Saturday.

Carson Riva was incredible, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and one run.

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Previous Games (Home)

04/19/25 vs Parkview Christian Academy	9-4
04/15/25 vs Dwight	8-1
04/10/25 vs Woodland	10-0
04/01/25 vs El Paso-Gridley	3-2
03/31/25 vs Hall	4-3
+ 4 more games

St. Bede's win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-2. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.4 runs on average over those games. As for Parkview Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4-1.

St. Bede and Parkview Christian Academy should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. The Bruins will face off against Roanoke-Benson/Lowpoint-Washburn at 4:30 p.m. on Monday with a big rank advantage (62 vs. 246). The two teams have allowed few runs on average (St. Bede 3.1, the Rockets 3.9) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Parkview Christian Academy (ranked 248th) will meet Families of Faith Christian Academy (ranked 536th) at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.