The Peoria Heights Patriots will take on the Bushnell-Prairie City Spartans at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Peoria Heights is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Manual on Thursday as they made off with a 13-1 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what the Patriots needed considering they were shut out in their previous game.
Meanwhile, it may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Bushnell-Prairie City ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They won by a run and slipped past Mendon Unity 9-8.
Jayden Johnson made a splash no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Johnson was also solid in the batter's box, going 3-for-4 with three runs and one RBI. Those three runs gave her a new career-high.
In other batting news, Bushnell-Prairie City let Kyra Shamblin and Triniti Williams run wild. Shamblin went 2-for-5 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run, while Williams got on base in four of her five plate appearances with one stolen base and one run. That's the most RBI Shamblin has posted since back in April.
Bushnell-Prairie City's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-24. As for Peoria Heights, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-9.
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