The Centennial Broncos will square off against the Fort Calhoun Pioneers at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Centennial has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Fort Calhoun will come in with seven straight victories.
Centennial will head into Thursday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Freeman on Thursday, but the two-run margin was a huge improvement compared to the nine-run defeat they were dealt on Tuesday. Centennial fell just short of Freeman by a score of 4-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Broncos have suffered since September 28, 2023.
Centennial saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Meg Hoffschneider, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, everything went Fort Calhoun's way against Logan View/Scribner-Snyder on Thursday as Fort Calhoun made off with an 11-3 win. Considering the Pioneers have won 11 matches by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Tacey Belina made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits (and not a single walk). Belina was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Dehlia Hallberg was incredible, going 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Another player making a difference was Kaylee Taylor, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fort Calhoun didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 11 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Logan View/Scribner-Snyder didn't tossed any.
Centennial's defeat dropped their record down to 4-23. As for Fort Calhoun, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season.
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