The Trinity Valley Trojans will take on the Nolan Catholic Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Trinity Valley's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Thursday. They blew past Temple Christian 13-0. The game marked the Trojans' most dominant win of the season.
JR Trigger looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over four innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in four consecutive appearances.
Hub Nickels
| 03/12/26 vs Temple Christian | 2 |
| 03/05/26 vs Richland | 1 |
| 04/22/25 @ Episcopal School of Dallas | 1 |
| 04/15/25 @ Greenhill | 1 |
| 03/01/25 vs St. Stephen's Episcopal | 1 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Hub Nickels, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI, two runs, and two doubles. Those two doubles gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Charlie Boulware, who went a perfect 1-for-1 with two runs and one RBI.
Trinity Valley always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .731. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Nolan Catholic won against St. Mark's last Saturday with three runs and they decided to stick to that run total again on Friday. The Vikings beat Trinity Christian by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
The victory made it two in a row for Trinity Valley and bumps their season record up to 4-5. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered a grand total of 4 runs in those games. As for Nolan Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 4-6.
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