Discovery Canyon is 10-0 against Cheyenne Mountain since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Discovery Canyon Thunder will venture away from home to face off against the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks at 4:00 p.m.
Discovery Canyon came up short against Lutheran on Monday, falling 11-1. The Thunder have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, everything went Cheyenne Mountain's way against Air Academy on Monday as Cheyenne Mountain made off with a 14-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Red-Tailed Hawks, who have now won six matches by ten runs or more so far this season.
Jaylah Rivera was a major factor while hitting and pitching. On the mound, she tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. She has been consistent recently: she hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in four consecutive pitching appearances. She was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with three runs, a triple, and two RBI.
In other batting news, Cheyenne Mountain got a massive performance out of Madison Anderson, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI, two runs, and a triple. Another player making a difference was Abbi Houger, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cheyenne Mountain was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. The last time their batting average was this high was back in September of 2023.
Discovery Canyon's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Cheyenne Mountain, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Discovery Canyon was able to grind out a solid victory over Cheyenne Mountain in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 5-1. Does Discovery Canyon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cheyenne Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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