On Monday, Covington Academy faced Scholars Guild Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Covington Academy Bulldogs suffered a rough 9-2 loss at the hands of the Scholars Guild Academy Spartans. Covington Academy was red-hot at the plate headed into the game (they scored no less than ten runs in the three matchups prior) but Scholars Guild Academy's pitchers proved too tough.
Covington Academy saw one different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Peyton Ledoux, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI.
On Scholars Guild Academy's side, Hannah Torres made a splash while hitting and pitching. She struck out six batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Torres was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 2-for-4.
In other batting news, Madison Kenny was incredible, going 3-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was Alannah Maher, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Covington Academy's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-7. As for Scholars Guild Academy, their win bumped their record up to 7-4.
Covington Academy will head out on the road to take on Young Americans Christian at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Covington Academy is facing Young Americans Christian at the right time seeing as Young Americans Christian is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Scholars Guild Academy, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Creekside Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams will come into the contest having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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