The Ridge View baseball squad hosted MVAO/COU in a conference clash at Holstein on Wednesday. The contest was a low-scoring affair for most of the night. The Raptors grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning, a score which held up until the sixth, when the Rams plated a run to tie the game at 1-1.
Ridge View got the ball rolling in the bottom of the sixth, however, scoring six runs to build a 7-1 cushion, which ended up being the final score.
The Ridge View baseball squad got the jump on West Monona and never looked back, rolling to a 12-2 victory at Onawa last week.
The Raptors jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, then tacked on another run in the second to go up 5-0. The Spartans kept fighting, cutting the advantage to 5-2 with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second inning.
What seemed like a ho-hum win for the Ridge View softball team on Friday, got a little dicey in the final innings.
The Raptors were in Moville to take on Woodbury Central. Ridge View got on the scoreboard first, taking a 1-0 lead in the second inning. The Raptors added a score in the fourth inning for a 2-0 advantage. In the fifth inning, Ridge View appeared to take control of the contest by plating three runs for a 5-0 cushion.
The Ridge View softball squad made the trek north to Paullina last week, to tangle with South O’Brien.
The home team Wolverines jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the first inning. South O’Brien then scored twice in the second inning, and suddenly the Raptors found themselves down 5-0.