Hope Christian is 2-8 against Valley since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Hope Christian Huskies are taking a road trip to take on the Valley Vikings at 3:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Hope Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Sandia, who was ranked third at the time (Hope Christian was ranked 12th). Hope Christian came up short against Sandia on Wednesday, falling 8-1. The contest marked the Huskies' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Hope Christian saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hunter Solwick, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Meanwhile, Valley came up short against Volcano Vista on Wednesday and fell 14-9. The loss continues a trend for the Vikings in their meetings with the Hawks: they've now lost seven in a row.
Caden Barth was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Those two stolen bases gave him a new career-high. Noah Baca also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.
Even though they lost, Valley hit smart and finished the game with only two strikeouts. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now struck out at most four strikeouts in four consecutive games.
This is the second loss in a row for Hope Christian and nudges their season record down to 6-2. As for Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
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