On Thursday, West Valley faced Lathrop in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The West Valley Wolf Pack narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Lathrop Malemutes 9-8. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Valley.
Kayla Anthony was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Ellie Poulsen, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-2.
West Valley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for Lathrop, their loss dropped their record down to 12-9-1.
West Valley will head out on the road to challenge Colony at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Colony is coming into the match with seven straight victories at home, so West Valley will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Lathrop does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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