The Wyoming Area Warriors will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Greater Nanticoke Area Trojans at 4:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wyoming Area has four straight wins, Greater Nanticoke Area has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Wyoming Area is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Hanover Area 16-6. With that victory, Wyoming Area brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.
Arianna Gaylord made a big impact while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, pitching 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Gaylord has been nothing but reliable: she hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive pitching appearances. Gaylord was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 3-for-5.
In other batting news, Wyoming Area got a massive performance out of Addison Gaylord, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4. Another player making a difference was Renee Haddock, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of her five plate appearances.
Meanwhile, Saturday just wasn't the day for Greater Nanticoke Area's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 16-0 walloping at the hands of Valley View on Saturday. The matchup marked the first time this season in which Greater Nanticoke Area was not able to get on the board.
Wyoming Area has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Greater Nanticoke Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Wyoming Area beat Greater Nanticoke Area 5-1 in their previous matchup on April 8th. Will Wyoming Area repeat their success, or does Greater Nanticoke Area have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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