The Malad Dragons will take on the Cole Valley Christian Chargers at 10:15 a.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Malad sitting on 29 straight victories dating back to last season and Cole Valley Christian on four.
Malad can now show off five landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. They never let Bear Lake onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. Ten seems to be a good number for Malad as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Riglee Peterson was a major factor while hitting and pitching. She looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out six over four innings pitched. Peterson was also big at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBI.
In other pitching news, Liddia Gonzales looked comfortable as she pitched an inning while giving up no earned runs or hits (she also only allowed one walk).
Back at the plate, Hallie Horsley and Kaitlyn Pickett did most of the damage at the plate: Horsley went 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs, while Pickett scored two runs while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Bostyn Combs, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Cole Valley Christian put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Nampa Christian with a sharp 20-0 win. While fans of Cole Valley Christian might be used to big wins, the 20-run margin marked the team's biggest victory yet this season.
Malad pushed their record up to 6-0 with that win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. They've been dominating during the contests in that stretch too, as they've won by an average of 8.7 runs. As for Cole Valley Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3-1.
Malad skirted past Cole Valley Christian 7-6 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Malad repeat their success, or does Cole Valley Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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