For the first time this season, Central Catholic will have a chance to prove themselves in a conference matchup. They will challenge the Lawrence Lancers at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Neither Central Catholic nor Lawrence posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.
Central Catholic fell victim to Tewksbury Memorial and their airtight pitching crew on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Redmen by a score of 1-0. The Raiders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Lawrence didn't have quite enough to beat Haverhill on Wednesday and fell 2-1.
Fily Peralta was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out nine over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Lawrence saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Darren Rodriguez, who went 1-for-3 with one run.
Lawrence's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Central Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
Central Catholic came up short against Lawrence when the teams last played back in May of 2025, falling 4-0. Can the Raiders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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