The North Valley Christian Academy Lions will head out to square off against the Mohave Accelerated Patriots at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: North Valley Christian Academy has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Mohave Accelerated will arrive with 11 straight wins.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for North Valley Christian Academy's offense. They lost 29-0 to Kingman Academy on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Lions' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Mohave Accelerated never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past Wickenburg 16-0. Considering the Patriots have won 18 games by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
The team relied heavily on Lucy Wickham, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with one home run, three runs, and four RBI. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in March. Tanner Banks was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs.
Mohave Accelerated was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .581. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .310 or higher in 20 consecutive matchups.
Mohave Accelerated pushed their record up to 22-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for North Valley Christian Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
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