Bureau Valley is 2-8 against Newman Central Catholic since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Bureau Valley Storm will head out on the road to square off against the Newman Central Catholic Comets at 4:15 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Bureau Valley can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Monday. Everything went their way against Hall as Bureau Valley made off with a 15-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Bureau Valley.
Les Maynard was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing a base while going 4-for-4. Katelyn Stoller was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Newman Central Catholic made easy work of Amboy on Monday and carried off a 12-1 victory.
Jessalin Johns made a big impact no matter where she played. On the mound, she didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Johns was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, Brenleigh Cook was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Madison Duhon, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Bureau Valley's record is now 13-8. As for Newman Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9 record this season.
Bureau Valley couldn't quite finish off Newman Central Catholic in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 6-4. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Johns, who struck out 12 batters over seven innings while giving up four earned runs off five hits. Now that Bureau Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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