The Elma Eagles will take on the Seton Catholic Cougars at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Elma is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Naches Valley as they made off with a 13-3 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Meanwhile, Seton Catholic got themselves on the board against King's Way Christian two weeks ago, but King's Way Christian never followed suit. They blew past the Knights 12-0. The win was nothing new for the Cougars as they're now sitting on four straight.
Seton Catholic got a massive performance out of Tegan Figueroa, who went 2-for-3 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. Those two RBI gave Figueroa a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Farrell, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, one run, and one double.
Seton Catholic was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .478. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .364 or higher in four consecutive matchups.
Seton Catholic pushed their record up to 16-3 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.9 runs on average over those games. As for Elma, their record now sits at 15-8.
Elma might still be hurting after the 14-8 loss they got from Seton Catholic when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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