Baseball Recap: Grand Island Takes Down Ranked Waverly

Grand Island faced Waverly in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Islanders' pitcher stepped up to hand the Vikings a 2-0 shutout.

Not much got past Brock Cushing, who gave up just three hits to keep Waverly off the board.

On the hitting side, Grand Island saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Broxton Barrientos, who went 1-for-3 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.

Grand Island is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.6 runs on average over those games. As for Waverly, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-7.

Grand Island didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 9-0 win against Lincoln North Star on the 29th. As for Waverly, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 7-0 victory against Pius X on the 29th.