The Niwot Cougars's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Grand Junction Central Warriors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Niwot is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 7.6 runs per game this season.
On Friday, Niwot didn't have quite enough to beat Fruita Monument and fell 5-4.
Payton Stokes was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Halverson, who went 1-for-3 with a home run.
She wasn't the only one working in the home runs department: Niwot lost a few balls and finished the game with three home runs. That's the most home runs they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Friday Grand Junction Central sidestepped Castle View for a 5-4 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
Niwot's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5. As for Grand Junction Central, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
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