The Lake View Wildcats will head out to challenge the Niles Notre Dame Dons at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lake View has four straight wins, Niles Notre Dame has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Niles Notre Dame's hitters are going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Lake View hadn't allowed a single run the last three times they've hit the field. The Wildcats' pitchers stepped up to hand Steinmetz College Prep a 16-0 shutout on Wednesday. Considering the Wildcats have won nine games by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Niles Notre Dame came up short against Nazareth Academy on Saturday and fell 7-2.
Niles Notre Dame got a good showing from Christian Lopez, who pitched four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off three hits.
Lake View pushed their record up to 13-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 14.7 runs over those games. As for Niles Notre Dame, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-12-1.
Lake View suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to Niles Notre Dame in their previous matchup back in March of 2024. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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