The Villa Maria Academy Hurricanes will challenge the Perkiomen Valley Vikings at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Villa Maria Academy sitting on three straight victories and Perkiomen Valley on four.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last five times Villa Maria Academy and Gwynedd Mercy Academy have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Tuesday. The Hurricanes skirted past the Monarchs 7-6.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Perkiomen Valley). Their pitchers stepped up to hand Upper Perkiomen a 16-0 shutout on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Perkiomen Valley pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for Villa Maria Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
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