Baseball Game Preview: Archbishop Wood Vikings vs. Roman Catholic Cahillite

The Archbishop Wood Vikings will head out on the road to challenge the Roman Catholic Cahillite at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Archbishop Wood will come into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.

Archbishop Wood proved they can win big on Wednesday (they won by six) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Harry S. Truman 5-4.

Jack Coughlin tossed a big game, tossing five innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.

At the plate, Archbishop Wood let Jimmy Casey and Zach Neeld run wild. Casey scored a run while going 2-for-2, while Neeld scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3. Neeld also put up a triple, which was his first of the season.

Meanwhile, Roman Catholic lost 7-1 to Neumann-Goretti on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Cahillite in their meetings with the Saints: they've now lost five in a row.

Roman Catholic saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Pat Buckley, who scored a run while going 2-for-2. That's the most hits Buckley has posted since back in March of 2024.

Roman Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Archbishop Wood, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-0.

Archbishop Wood couldn't quite finish off Roman Catholic when the teams last played back in April of 2024 and fell 4-2. Can Archbishop Wood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.