Baseball Preview: Athenian Owls vs. College Prep Cougars
Athenian is 8-2 against College Prep since May of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Athenian Owls will look to defend their home field against the College Prep Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Athenian is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten runs on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Redwood Christian on Friday. They lost 8-1 to the Eagles.
Athenian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Wyatt Poage, who went 1-for-3 with a double. Noah Olivier was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, College Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 14-3 to Head-Royce.
Athenian's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for College Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9.
Athenian was able to grind out a solid win over College Prep in their previous matchup back in May of 2023, winning 7-2. Will Athenian repeat their success, or does College Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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