The Valley Christian Trojans will head out on the road to take on the Scottsdale Christian Academy Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley Christian has seven straight wins, Scottsdale Christian Academy has 12 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Valley Christian has not struggled against Sabino recently, they managed to flip the script on Tuesday. Valley Christian walked away with a 6-2 victory over Sabino.
Taya Clausen was excellent, going 2-for-4 with a home run and a stolen base. The team also got some help courtesy of Bree Hanzal, who scored a run while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Scottsdale Christian Academy fell victim to Bourgade Catholic and their airtight pitching crew on Tuesday. They suffered a tough 16-0 loss at the hands of the Golden Eagles. Having soared to a lofty 13 runs in the game before, Scottsdale Christian Academy's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Valley Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season. As for Scottsdale Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Valley Christian might still be hurting after the 11-4 loss they got from Scottsdale Christian Academy when the teams last played back in March of 2019. Thankfully for Valley Christian, Tiegan Hoffman (who struck out 18 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off one hit) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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