Softball Game Preview: Toronto Red Knights vs. Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights

Red Knights

Runs

03/27/25 vs Wellsville	13
03/25/25 vs Madonna	0
03/24/25 vs The Linsly School	7
03/22/25 vs David Anderson	13
03/22/25 vs David Anderson	14

The Toronto Red Knights will square off against the Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Toronto is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 9.4 runs per game this season.

Toronto will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any runs on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Wellsville on Thursday. Toronto was the clear victor by a 13-3 margin over Wellsville. Considering the Red Knights have won three matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Laney Danko was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off four hits. Danko was even better at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two triples, three runs, and one RBI. Those two triples gave her a new career-high.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Adali Mick, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. That stolen base was her first of the season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaylee Brown, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.

Toronto always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .515. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

Meanwhile, Wheeling Central Catholic didn't have quite enough to beat University on Wednesday and fell 3-2. The loss put an end to the Maroon Knights' undefeated start to the season.

Having lost for the first time this season, Wheeling Central Catholic fell to 2-1. As for Toronto, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 3-2.

Toronto came up short against Wheeling Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in April of 2024, falling 5-0. Can Toronto avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.