Valley Christian won against Whittier Christian on Tuesday with six runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Crusaders walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Heralds. Winning may never get old, but the Crusaders sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
The team relied heavily on Quintin Ekstrom, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one double. Those four hits gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Nico Villafana, who went 3-for-4 with two runs and two doubles.
Crusaders
| 04/16/26 @ Whittier Christian | 6-1 |
| 04/14/26 vs Whittier Christian | 6-4 |
| 04/09/26 @ Cerritos | 12-1 |
Valley Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .375. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .318 or higher in 14 consecutive matchups.
Valley Christian's win bumped their record up to 13-5. As for Whittier Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-12-1.
Valley Christian will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Heralds: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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