The Hoover Huskies will head out on the road to challenge the Greenbrier East Spartans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Greenbrier East is hoping to do on Saturday what Sissonville couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Hoover's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Hoover's way against Sissonville as Hoover made off with a 13-3 win.
Laila Varney made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She struck out nine batters over five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off two hits. Varney has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't pitched less than five innings in three consecutive pitching appearances. Varney was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs, and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Audrey Canterbury, who scored four runs while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jayley Elmore, who scored a run while going 3-for-4.
Meanwhile, Greenbrier East faced Woodrow Wilson in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Greenbrier East's pitchers stepped up to hand Woodrow Wilson a 9-0 shutout. Give Greenbrier East's pitching crew some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Hoover pushed their record up to 20-2 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Greenbrier East, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Hoover came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenbrier East in their previous matchup back in March, sneaking past 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Greenbrier East's Kayla Bartley, who struck out eight batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Hoover still be able to contain Bartley? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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