Baseball Game Preview: Superior Central Cougars vs. North Central Jets

Superior Central is on a five-game streak of home losses, and North Central a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The Superior Central Cougars will be playing at home against the North Central Jets at 4:00 p.m. Superior Central will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each contest than the last.

Superior Central made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Marquette, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Cougars fell just short of the Redmen by a score of 11-9 on Monday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss the Cougars have suffered since May 30, 2025.

Brandon Boyak

Runs

05/18/26 vs Marquette	2
05/07/26 @ Stephenson	2
04/16/26 @ Bark River-Harris	2
05/18/26 vs Marquette	1
05/13/26 @ North Dickinson	1
+ 2 more games

Superior Central saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brandon Boyak, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI, two runs, and one double. Boyak has become a key player for the Cougars: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 4-11 otherwise. Eli Valima was another, going 1-for-2 with two RBI.

Meanwhile, North Central scored the most runs they've had this season on Thursday, but it wasn't enough. They fell 17-14 to Bark River-Harris.

North Central's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Superior Central, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.

Everything went Superior Central's way against North Central in their previous meeting back in April, as Superior Central made off with an 8-2 victory. Will the Cougars repeat their success, or do the Jets have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.