Spring Creek easily dispatched Truckee last Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Spring Creek Spartans fell just short of the North Valleys Panthers by a score of 11-9 on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their meetings with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.
Hannah Montoya was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4. She also launched a home run, marking her first of the season. Jenny Ramicone was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one double.
Spring Creek now has a losing record of 4-5. As for North Valleys, the win snapped their losing streak at five games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record.
Coming up, Spring Creek is taking a road trip to square off against Sparks at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for North Valleys, they will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Churchill County at 10:00 a.m. Churchill County knows how to get runs on the board -- the team has finished with ten runs or more in their past three games -- so hopefully North Valleys likes a good challenge.
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