The Notre Dame Prep Saints will head out on the road to square off against the Campo Verde Coyotes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Notre Dame Prep is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Desert Mountain 13-3 on Thursday. The victory continues a trend for the Saints in their matchups with the Wolves: they've now won seven in a row.
Ashton Higgins tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than two walks any time he's pitched this season.
Layne Henry
| 04/03/25 @ Desert Mountain | 3 |
| 03/18/24 vs Santa Fe South | 2 |
| 03/02/24 vs Casa Grande | 2 |
| 04/01/25 vs Desert Mountain | 1 |
| 03/17/25 vs Lutheran | 1 |
At the plate, Layne Henry was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (three). Owen Boeding also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Notre Dame Prep always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .523. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Campo Verde won against Mountain Pointe on Tuesday with four runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Thursday. The Coyotes came out on top against the Pride by a score of 4-1. The win was nothing new for the Coyotes as they're now sitting on three straight.
Campo Verde saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kyle Wisniewski, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double. Another was Carter Skrypek, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Notre Dame Prep's record now sits at 5-11. As for Campo Verde, their record is now 10-6.
Notre Dame Prep couldn't quite get it done against Campo Verde in their previous matchup back in March of 2019 as they fell 14-9. Can the Saints avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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