With a playoff game on the line, North Boone rose to the challenge on Monday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the IC Catholic Prep Knights and snuck past 5-3. The win was familiar territory for North Boone who now have five in a row.
For IC Catholic Prep's part, Anjelina Dwyer and Lexi Russ did some serious damage despite the final result: Dwyer went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double, while Russ scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, IC Catholic Prep didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their second loss (out of 13 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
North Boone is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-4 record this season. As for IC Catholic Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 28-6.
As of now, neither North Boone nor IC Catholic Prep have any future games scheduled.
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