The North Star Huskies will head out on the road to square off against the Cole Valley Christian Chargers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Star is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, North Star finally turned things around against Melba on Monday. North Star came out on top against Melba by a score of 6-2.
Dalton Hartley spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered two runs (both of which were unearned) on seven hits and racked up seven Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in four consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Cole Young was incredible, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jace Irwin, who went 3-for-4 with three doubles and a run.
Meanwhile, Cole Valley Christian faced Nampa Christian in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Cole Valley Christian fell just short of Nampa Christian by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Cole Valley Christian couldn't push the score so high this time.
Cole Valley Christian saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Noah Grimm, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
North Star now has a winning record of 10-9. As for Cole Valley Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 17-5-1.
North Star suffered a grim 17-2 defeat to Cole Valley Christian when the teams last played on April 15th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cole Valley Christian's Dylan Brown, who pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Now that North Star knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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