The West Valley Wolf Pack will be taking part in a tournament against the Service Cougars at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: West Valley has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Service will arrive with 18 straight victories.
West Valley's tournament run continued when they took on Soldotna on Thursday. The Wolf Pack took a 4-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Stars.
West Valley saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Elias Powell, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double.
Meanwhile, Service was able to grind out a solid win over Colony on Thursday, taking the game 6-2. Those six runs were actually the fewest the Cougars have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
Rilen Niclai was excellent, going 1-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run. The team also got some help courtesy of Palmer Dalton, who earned one RBI, one run, and one stolen base.
Service pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.7 runs on average over those games. As for West Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
West Valley suffered a grim 15-5 defeat to Service in their previous meeting back in June of 2017. Will the Wolf Pack have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more baseball content.
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