The Round Valley Elks will venture away from home to challenge the ALA - Mesa North Mavericks at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Round Valley is coming into the game hot, having won their last eight games.
On Friday, Round Valley made easy work of St. Johns and carried off a 15-2 win. The Elks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 17 contests by six runs or more this season.
Trenyn Trickey
| 04/24/26 @ St. Johns | 4 |
| 04/20/26 vs ALA - Mesa North | 3 |
| 04/06/26 @ Hopi | 3 |
| 03/31/26 @ Pinon | 3 |
| 03/04/26 vs St. Johns | 3 |
Trenyn Trickey was a standout: he went a perfect 3-for-3 with one home run, four runs, and one stolen base. Those four runs gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Anthony Baca, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with four runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Round Valley was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .400 or higher in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 23 runs the game before, ALA - Mesa North was a bit more limited in their game on Thursday. They fell just short of Hayden by a score of 4-2.
ALA - Mesa North also got a good showing from Kingston Glidewell, who struck out six batters over four innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off one hit. Glidewell has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two hits in four consecutive appearances.
At the plate, ALA - Mesa North saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ace Stinnett, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI. Stinnett has been hot for a while, having posted at least one stolen base the last 11 times he's played.
Round Valley's victory bumped their record up to 21-4. As for ALA - Mesa North, they now have a losing record of 10-11.
The pitchers for both teams better look sharp on Monday as neither team is afraid to steal. Round Valley has been swiping bases left and right this season, having averaged 7.2 stolen bases per game. However, it's not like ALA - Mesa North struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6 stolen bases. The only question left is which team can snag more.
Round Valley was able to grind out a solid win over ALA - Mesa North in their previous meeting on Monday, winning 16-13. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Elks since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
