The Nordonia Knights will head out on the road to challenge the Chardon Hilltoppers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Nordonia has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Chardon will come in with five straight wins.
Things were looking good for Nordonia after they put the first run on the board on Saturday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell just short of Mayfield by a score of 5-4.
Nordonia saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Chesser, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one double. Kyle Nealon also deserves some recognition as he got his first hits of the season.
Chardon came out on top against Strongsville on Friday thanks in part to the team's impressive seven-run seventh inning. The Hilltoppers took their matchup against the Mustangs 8-3.
Chardon also got a great performance from Tyler Noerr as he tossed six innings while giving up just two earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits.
Chardon pushed their record up to 12-9 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games. As for Nordonia, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.
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