The Wheeling Central Catholic Maroon Knights will face off against the Philip Barbour Colts at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Wheeling Central Catholic comes in on four and Philip Barbour on three.
Wheeling Central Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Wyoming East a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Maroon Knights have won 13 contests by more than five runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Brayden Cover
| 06/05/25 vs Wyoming East | 14 |
| 05/05/25 @ Brooke | 9 |
| 04/15/25 @ Caldwell | 7 |
| 05/13/25 @ Tyler | 2 |
Wheeling Central Catholic got a great performance from Brayden Cover as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 14 over six innings pitched. Those 14 strikeouts gave Cover a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Wheeling Central Catholic let Gary Hatfield and Luke Tiu run wild. Hatfield went 2-for-4 with two triples, one run, and one RBI, while Tiu went 1-for-3 with one home run. Those two triples gave Hatfield a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Zayne Rosnick, who went 2-for-4 with three runs and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, Philip Barbour faced Logan in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Colts skirted past the Wildcats 6-5.
Kale Wolfe was a major factor no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching five innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits. Wolfe was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Landyn Carpenter, who went 2-for-3 with three runs, one double, and one RBI.
Philip Barbour's victory bumped their record up to 23-6. As for Wheeling Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 17-3.
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