Westville is 9-1 against Armstrong since April of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Tigers will be playing at home against the Trojans at 4:30 p.m. Westville is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Westville's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against St. Teresa as they made off with an 18-0 victory. Considering the Tigers have won 15 contests by more than seven runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Not much got past Layla Atwood, who gave up just five hits to keep St. Teresa off the board.
Peyton Sabalaskey
| 04/23/25 vs St. Teresa | 4 |
| 04/15/25 @ Paxton-Buckley-Loda | 3 |
| 04/10/25 @ Watseka | 3 |
| 04/26/24 @ Salt Fork | 3 |
| 04/08/25 vs North Vermillion | 2 |
On the hitting side, Westville let Lani Gondzur and Peyton Sabalaskey run wild. Gondzur fired off two home runs, five RBI, and three runs while going 2-for-3, while Sabalaskey went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four RBI, and two runs. Those four RBI gave Sabalaskey a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Laney Cook, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Westville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .680. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .303 or higher in 19 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Armstrong unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They came up short against Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, falling 16-4. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss the Trojans have suffered since April 8th.
Westville pushed their record up to 18-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Armstrong, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Everything went Westville's way against Armstrong in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, as Westville made off with a 13-1 win. Will the Tigers repeat their success, or do the Trojans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
