The Hart Hawks will challenge the West Ranch Wildcats at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Hart will be strutting in after a victory while West Ranch will be coming in after a loss.
If Hart beats West Ranch with ten runs on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. The Hawks put the hurt on Castaic with a sharp 10-2 win on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Hawks in their matchups with the Coyotes: they've now won nine in a row.
Hannah Cook was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She struck out 13 batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits. Those 13 strikeouts gave her a new career-high. She was also big at the plate, going 2-for-5 with one home run.
Kailyn Dodson
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In other batting news, Naima Melendez and Kailyn Dodson did most of the damage at the plate: Melendez went 4-for-5 with three RBI and two doubles, while Dodson went 4-for-5 with three runs and one RBI. Those four hits gave Dodson a new career-high. Makenzie Druez was another key player, going 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one double.
Hart was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .486. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when West Ranch duked it out with Newbury Park on Tuesday. The Wildcats fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 6-5. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
The win was their first on the road, bumping their record up to 8-9. As for West Ranch, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-5.
Hart couldn't quite finish off West Ranch in their previous meeting back in May of 2025 and fell 6-4. Can the Hawks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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