The Soper Bears will head out to challenge the Stonewall Longhorns at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Soper is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Soper is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Buffalo Valley on Thursday as they made off with a 27-7 victory. Considering the Bears have won five contests by more than seven runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Soper got a great performance from Braxton Carter as he tossed five innings while giving up three earned (and four unearned) runs off five hits.
Dallin Gilbert
| 04/02/26 @ Buffalo Valley | 8 |
| 03/30/26 vs Whitesboro | 2 |
| 03/13/26 @ Smithville | 2 |
| 03/05/26 vs Caney | 2 |
| 03/09/26 @ Clayton | 1 |
On the hitting side, Dallin Gilbert was incredible, firing off six runs, eight RBI, and four doubles while getting on base in all six of his plate appearances. Those eight RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Caydin Carter, who got on base in four of his six plate appearances with one home run, five RBI, and two runs.
Soper always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .667. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Stonewall fought the good fight in their extra-innings matchup against Coleman on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 2-1.
Stonewall's defeat dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Soper, their record is now 7-4.
Soper suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Stonewall in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Bears avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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