The California Trojans will face off against the Burgettstown Blue Devils at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. California will be strutting in after a victory while Burgettstown will be coming in after a loss.
Burgettstown will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: California extended their winning streak to three on Wednesday. The Trojans walked away with a 10-6 win over Bethlehem Center.
Weston Monticelli made a big impact no matter where he played. He tossed 6.1 innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. What's more, he posted five strikeouts, the most he's had since back in April of 2024. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 3-for-4.
Kaden Weston
| 04/09/25 @ Bethlehem Center | 4 |
| 04/25/24 vs Bentworth | 3 |
| 04/08/25 vs Bethlehem Center | 2 |
| 04/01/25 @ Burgettstown | 1 |
| 03/27/25 @ McGuffey | 1 |
In other batting news, Kaden Weston was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 4-for-5. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. Caden Monticelli was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
California was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Burgettstown didn't have quite enough to beat California last Tuesday and fell 3-1. The loss was the Blue Devils' first of the season.
Like California, Burgettstown also got a great game from a two-way player: Matthew Bredel. On the mound, he tossed seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off seven hits. Bredel has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in three consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with one double. That double was his first of the season.
Bredel wasn't the only one making solid contact as two players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Sam Elich, who scored a run while going 1-for-4.
California's victory bumped their record up to 3-4-1. As for Burgettstown, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
California came out on top in a nail-biter against Burgettstown in their previous meeting last Tuesday, sneaking past 3-1. Do the Trojans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
