Juniata Valley had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They skirted past the Northern Bedford County Panthers 7-6. That's more bragging rights for Juniata Valley, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For Northern Bedford County's part, Lacy McIlnay was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring a run while going 1-for-3. Ava Helsel was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Juniata Valley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for Northern Bedford County, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-10.
Juniata Valley will look to defend their home field on Monday against Bellwood-Antis at 4:30 p.m. Juniata Valley is facing Bellwood-Antis at the right time seeing as Bellwood-Antis is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Northern Bedford County, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Southern Fulton at 4:30 p.m. Southern Fulton and Northern Bedford County are at an even 5-5 over their past ten head-to-heads.
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