The Valley Christian Defenders will take on the Calvary Chapel Eagles in a tournament on Monday. Valley Christian is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 12 runs per game this season.
On Saturday, everything went Valley Christian's way against Cabrillo as Valley Christian made off with a 15-3 win.
Quintin Ekstrom made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, pitching four innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off two hits. Ekstrom was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-5.
In other pitching news, Nolan Dietz looked comfortable as he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits.
Seth Dahlenburg
| 02/22/25 @ Cabrillo | 5 |
| 02/17/25 vs Cabrillo | 3 |
| 04/02/24 @ Heritage Christian | 3 |
| 04/27/24 vs Cerritos | 2 |
| 04/09/24 @ Village Christian | 2 |
Back at the plate, Seth Dahlenburg was a standout: he scored five runs while getting on base in three of his five plate appearances. Those five runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Austin Abrahams, who went 2-for-4 with one home run and two runs.
Valley Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Cabrillo only posted a batting average of .167.
Meanwhile, Calvary Chapel came up short against Segerstrom on Saturday, falling 17-1. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Jaguars recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Calvary Chapel now has a losing record of 1-2. As for Valley Christian, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Valley Christian suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Calvary Chapel in their previous meeting back in April of 2015. Will Valley Christian have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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