The Valley Vikings will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Shenango Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Valley will head into Thursday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by six) but on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-3 win over Ligonier Valley.
Nikolas Heakins looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Shenango sidestepped New Castle for a 4-2 victory. That's two games straight that Shenango has won by exactly two runs.
Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Shenango, their win bumped their record up to 8-9.
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