The West Branch Warriors will venture away from home to square off against the Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. West Branch will be strutting in after a victory while Philipsburg-Osceola will be coming in after a loss.
While Warriors fans will have to keep waiting for their squad to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Wednesday's season opener. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Glendale on Wednesday, sneaking past 2-0. The Warriors haven't had any issues with the Vikings recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
The result came thanks to Makena Moore's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and racked up 18 Ks.
At the plate, West Branch's victory was truly a team effort as two different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Isabella Koleno, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. The dominant performance gave Koleno a new career-high in hits.
Meanwhile, Philipsburg-Osceola unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of Huntingdon by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday.
Alivia Bizzarri spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on one hit and racked up 14 Ks.
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