The Royal Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Kiona-Benton Bears at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Royal will be strutting in after a victory while Kiona-Benton will be coming in after a loss.
Royal will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating College Place, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Knights blew past the Hawks 11-0 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Meanwhile, Kiona-Benton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 6-4 to Connell, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Royal pushed their record up to 10-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Kiona-Benton, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9-1.
Royal came up short against Kiona-Benton when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 5-1. Can the Knights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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