Colony has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the South Anchorage Wolverines at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Colony is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: West Valley, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Colony was ranked eighth). Colony had just enough and edged West Valley out 4-3.
Brayden Parrent was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off four hits. Parrent was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI.
In other batting news, Kaesen Buzby was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Regan Gordan was another key contributor, going 1-for-2 with a stolen base, two RBI, and a double.
Meanwhile, South Anchorage stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Friday. They blew past Chugiak 11-1.
Colony pushed their record up to 15-10 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for South Anchorage, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-3 record this season.
Colony suffered a grim 11-5 defeat to South Anchorage in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Colony avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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