The Cibola Cougars will be playing at home against the Rio Rancho Rams at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Cibola is is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 9-8 to Cleveland, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Anna Barraza and Presley Peek-ruscetti did some serious damage despite the final result: Barraza went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI, while Peek-ruscetti scored a run while going 1-for-3. Amaya Castille was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
Meanwhile, Rio Rancho faced La Cueva in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Rio Rancho fell just short of La Cueva by a score of 15-14. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (11), Rio Rancho still had to take the loss.
Cibola's loss dropped their record down to 15-9. As for Rio Rancho, they now have a losing record at 11-12.
Cibola was able to grind out a solid victory over Rio Rancho in their previous matchup on April 9th, winning 10-6. Will Cibola repeat their success, or does Rio Rancho have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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