The Mahanoy Area Golden Bears will head out on the road to take on the Panther Valley Panthers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Mahanoy Area will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each match than the last.
Mahanoy Area got their first taste of in-conference action on Thursday and they started things off strong. They blew past Our Lady of Lourdes Regional 18-3. Considering the Golden Bears have won six games by more than nine runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Lilly Carl made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she pitched four innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Carl was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with three runs and two RBI. That's the most RBI she has posted since back in March.
Hailey Mroczka
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In other batting news, Mahanoy Area got a massive performance out of Hailey Mroczka, who got on base in all four of her plate appearances with four runs, two stolen bases, and one RBI. Mroczka has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. Ella Brode was another key player, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double.
Mahanoy Area was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .462. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their batting average total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Panther Valley fell victim to Pine Grove and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They came up short against the Cardinals, falling 15-0. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mahanoy Area's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-10. As for Panther Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 9-9.
Mahanoy Area might still be hurting after the 20-8 defeat they got from Panther Valley in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Golden Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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