St. Raymond Boys hasn't had much luck against Iona Prep recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Ravens will host the Gaels at 4:15 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with St. Raymond Boys sitting on six straight wins and Iona Prep on ten.
St. Raymond Boys' pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Fordham Prep 1-0.
Meanwhile, Iona Prep is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Archbishop Spalding. The Gaels won by a run and slipped past the Cavaliers 9-8.
The team relied heavily on Julian Guzman, who went 2-for-3 with one home run, two stolen bases, and three RBI. Luke Tran was another key player, going 2-for-3 with four RBI and one double.
St. Raymond Boys pushed their record up to 10-4 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 4.0 runs on average over those games. As for Iona Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 17-3-1.
St. Raymond Boys suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Iona Prep in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can the Ravens avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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