The Kingsburg Vikings will venture away from home to face off against the Clovis West Golden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Kingsburg has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Clovis West will come in with five straight wins.
Kingsburg managed to slip by Frontier the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. Kingsburg lost 11-1 to Frontier on Tuesday.
Kingsburg saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ava Irigoyen, who scored a run while going 1-for-2. Caitlyn Essegian also deserves some recognition as she got her first hit of the season.
Meanwhile, Clovis West earned an 8-5 victory over Pleasant Valley on Friday.
Jaelynn Torres and Madelyn Johnson did most of the damage at the plate: Torres scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4, while Johnson scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Johnson is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as she's now snagged at least one in each of the last seven games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Alexis Busch, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Clovis West pushed their record up to 10-1-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 9.64 hits in those games compared to only 4.6 in the others. As for Kingsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Kingsburg couldn't quite finish off Clovis West when the teams last played back in March of 2022 and fell 4-2. Can Kingsburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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