Round Valley is 8-0 against Hopi since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Round Valley Elks will be playing at home against the Hopi Bruins at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Round Valley has five straight victories, Hopi has 11 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Round Valley gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Benson as Round Valley made off with an 11-4 victory. 11 seems to be a good number for Round Valley as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Cortnee Baca was a major factor no matter where she played. She looked comfortable on the mound, tossing seven innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off five hits. Baca was also big at the plate, getting on base in two of her four plate appearances with a stolen base and two RBI.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kelci Walker, who scored three runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-4. Ruth Wiltbank was another key contributor, scoring three runs.
Meanwhile, Hopi suffered a rough 13-1 defeat at the hands of Tuba City last Monday.
Round Valley is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Hopi, their loss dropped their record down to 0-10.
Round Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Hopi in their previous matchup back in April of 2023, sneaking past 1-0. Will Round Valley repeat their success, or does Hopi have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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