Byron and Pine Island are an even 4-4 against one another  since May of 2015, but likely not for long. The Bears will welcome the Panthers  at 5:00  p.m.  on Tuesday. Byron is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8  runs per game  this season.
Byron barely beat Zumbrota-Mazeppa the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Bears were the clear victors by  a  13-6 margin over the Cougars on Tuesday. The  win was familiar territory for the Bears, who have now won three  matchups in a row.
 Tallie Behrens was a  major factor while hitting and pitching. She  struck out ten batters over  seven innings while giving up  four earned  (and two unearned) runs off   five  hits. Behrens was also big at the plate,  going 2-for-5 with three  RBI and one  run.

 Kaydence Fjerstad
| 04/15/25 @ Zumbrota-Mazeppa | 3 | 
| 04/12/25 vs Medford | 2 | 
| 04/03/25 vs Austin | 2 | 
| 03/28/25 @ Goodhue | 2 | 
| 05/16/24 @ Stewartville | 1 | 
 In other batting news, Byron let  Kaydence Fjerstad and  Macy Behringer run wild. Fjerstad  went 3-for-5 with two  runs, one  stolen base,  and one  RBI, while  Behringer  went 3-for-4 with two  runs and two  RBI. Those  three  hits gave  Fjerstad a new career-high.  Leeah Strain was another key player,  going 1-for-3 with two  runs and one  RBI.
 Byron was getting hits left and right  and  finished the game having  posted a batting average of .400. That's the best  batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile,  it was a proper cat-fight when Pine Island duked it out with Zumbrota-Mazeppa on Monday. The Panthers fell  11-6 to the Cougars.
 Pine Island saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was  Kiley Passow, who  went 1-for-3 with three  RBI and one  run.  Peyton Barnett also deserves some recognition as  she  scored her first  run of the season.
 Byron's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Pine Island, they now  have a losing record of 4-5.
 Byron skirted past Pine Island  2-0 in their previous meeting  back in April of 2024. Do  the Bears have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them?  We'll have the answer soon enough.
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