The Clay-Battelle Cee Bees will face off against the Catholic Central Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Clay-Battelle is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.
Clay-Battelle took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Valley a 13-0 shutout. The Cee Bees haven't had any issues with the Lumberjacks recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Brooklynn Ponceroff was a major factor no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run over five innings pitched. Ponceroff was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with two runs and one stolen base.
In other batting news, Clay-Battelle let Paige Harker and Abby Price run wild. Harker went a perfect 2-for-2 with five RBI, two doubles, and one run, while Price went a perfect 2-for-2 with three runs and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Emily Spears, who went 1-for-2 with three runs.
Meanwhile, Catholic Central was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against St. Clairsville, falling 30-2.
Miriam Free made the most of her time in the batter's box despite the final result and went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one double.
Catholic Central's loss dropped their record down to 0-12. As for Clay-Battelle, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
Clay-Battelle got the 'W' when the teams last played back in March against Catholic Central by a conclusive 25-9 score. Do the Cee Bees have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Crusaders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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