The Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers will face off against the West Branch Warriors at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Philipsburg-Osceola nor West Branch posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
After dropping their season opener at home, West Branch is headed out to face a Mountaineers team ready to give their home crowd a win. Philipsburg-Osceola fell just short of Huntingdon by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday.
Alivia Bizzarri spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on one hit and racked up 14 Ks.
Meanwhile, West Branch had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. Their pitcher stepped up to hand Glendale a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday. The win continues a trend for the Warriors in their matchups with the Vikings: they've now won five in a row.
Not much got past Makena Moore, who gave up just two hits and racked up 18 Ks to keep Glendale off the board.
On the hitting side, West Branch saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Isabella Koleno, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. The dominant performance gave Koleno a new career-high in hits.
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