Newman Central Catholic is 8-2 against Bureau Valley since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Newman Central Catholic Comets will be playing at home against the Bureau Valley Storm at 4:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Newman Central Catholic will head into Monday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a two-run defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Amboy on Monday. Everything went Newman Central Catholic's way against Amboy as Newman Central Catholic made off with a 12-1 win.
Jessalin Johns made a big impact no matter where she played. She didn't allow a single earned run while striking out eight over four innings pitched. Johns was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with three RBI and a double.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brenleigh Cook, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Madison Duhon was another key contributor, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Bureau Valley can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent match on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 15-5 margin over Hall. 15 seems to be a good number for Bureau Valley as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
The team relied heavily on Les Maynard, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in all four of her plate appearances. She has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Stull, who scored two runs and stole a base while getting on base in all three of her plate appearances.
Newman Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Bureau Valley, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 14-8.
Newman Central Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Bureau Valley in their previous meeting back in April, sneaking past 6-4. Will Newman Central Catholic repeat their success, or does Bureau Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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