Baseball Game Preview: Willow Canyon Wildcats vs. Desert Mountain Wolves

The Willow Canyon Wildcats will square off against the Desert Mountain Wolves at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Willow Canyon has three straight victories, Desert Mountain has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.

Willow Canyon is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They put the hurt on Kellis with a sharp 17-4 win on Wednesday. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by six runs or more this season.

Cameron Davidson

Runs Batted In (Career)

04/09/25 vs Kellis	6
03/19/25 vs Damonte Ranch	5
04/08/25 @ Kellis	4
04/05/24 @ Apollo	4
03/18/25 vs Chaparral	3

The team relied heavily on Cameron Davidson, who went 1-for-3 with one home run, six RBI, and three runs. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Cole Hansen, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-3.

Willow Canyon always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .531. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .500 or higher in three consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Desert Mountain came up short against Chaparral on Wednesday and fell 11-8.

Desert Mountain also got a good showing from Peter Egen, who tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Egen has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Cole Sonne was cooking despite his team's loss, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one triple and one RBI. Roman Carrington was another key player, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

Willow Canyon pushed their record up to 15-5 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.8 runs on average over those games. As for Desert Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-12.