Baseball Game Preview: Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders vs. Lehighton Indians

Notre Dame-Green Pond is preparing for their first conference matchup of the season on Friday. They will challenge the Lehighton Indians at 4:15 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

While Crusaders fans will have to keep waiting for their team to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Wednesday's season opener. They walked away with a 9-4 win over Jim Thorpe on Wednesday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Crusaders as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak dating back to last season.

Austin Casal was incredible, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, one triple, and two RBI. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Rivituso, who scored two runs and stole Three bases. while going 1-for-4.

Meanwhile, Lehighton hadn't done well against Palmerton recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Everything went Lehighton's way against Palmerton as Lehighton made off with a 15-6 win.

Derek Behler was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Behler was even better at the plate, scoring five runs and stealing Two bases. while going 3-for-4.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cody Snyder, who went 1-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was John Light, who scored a run while going 4-for-5.