The Pleasant Valley Spartans will square off against the Davenport Central Blue Devils at 5:00 a.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Pleasant Valley has eight straight wins, Davenport Central has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Pleasant Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Bettendorf, who was ranked 13th at the time (Pleasant Valley was ranked 14th). The Spartans blew past the Bulldogs 10-4 on Thursday. Considering the Spartans have won six contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Davenport Central didn't have quite enough to beat Assumption on Thursday and fell 7-6.
Pleasant Valley pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.4 runs over those games. As for Davenport Central, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
Pleasant Valley beat Davenport Central 4-0 in their previous matchup back in June of 2024. Do the Spartans have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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