Williams Valley won the last time they faced Mahanoy Area, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Williams Valley Vikings were the clear victor by a 13-6 margin over the Mahanoy Area Golden Bears. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Williams Valley.
Nolan Schaeffer looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Chase Deibert, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Collin Berger was another key contributor, scoring a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
On Mahanoy Area's side, Levi Terry was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-5. The team also got some help courtesy of Christian Leger, who scored a run and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.
Even though they lost, Mahanoy Area didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Williams Valley only tossed four.
Williams Valley's win bumped their record up to 3-10. As for Mahanoy Area, they dropped their record down to 4-7 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
Williams Valley will take on Jim Thorpe at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Williams Valley will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more runs each matchup than the last. As for Mahanoy Area, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Marian Catholic at 4:30 p.m. Marian Catholic is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.6 runs per game this season.
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