North Valley Christian Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Anthem Prep Eagles at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Valley Christian Academy is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Maryvale Prep on Friday as North Valley Christian Academy made off with a 24-1 win. Considering North Valley Christian Academy has won ten games by more than six runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
David Lautherboren made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed three innings while giving up no earned run off two hits. Lautherboren was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
In other batting news, North Valley Christian Academy let Noah Jones and Brayden Collins loose on the outfield. Jones went 4-for-4 with a home run, four runs, and four RBI, while Collins got on base in all four of his plate appearances with a home run, three runs, and four RBI. Jones hasn't dropped below three hits for three straight games. Another player making a difference was Daniel Schoenleb, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Anthem Prep had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They came out on top against the Yote by a score of 7-2.
Noah Torres-Brooks was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Anthony Bartlett was another key contributor, scoring two runs while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
North Valley Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-11 record this season. As for Anthem Prep, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-5.
North Valley Christian Academy suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Anthem Prep in their previous matchup on April 4th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Anthem Prep's Nic DeSilva, who struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that North Valley Christian Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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