The Lake Catholic Cougars will challenge the Nordonia Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Lake Catholic is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Shaker Heights just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 6-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders.
Ben Mitchell put in work no matter where he played. He looked comfortable on the mound, tossing three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, going 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run was his first of the season.
Mitchell wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Quinn Stayer, who went 2-for-3 with one run.
Meanwhile, Nordonia came up short against Wadsworth on Wednesday and fell 4-1. That's two games in a row now that the Knights have lost by exactly three runs.
Lake Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Nordonia, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9.
Everything went Lake Catholic's way against Nordonia in their previous meeting back in May of 2025, as Lake Catholic made off with an 11-2 victory. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Knights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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