It was a busy Thursday in Kalona for the Raven summer sports programs as they hosted Holy Trinity Catholic in the afternoon for softball and Columbus in the evening for baseball. The Raven baseball team completed the season sweep of the Wildcats with a 17-1 win in three and a half innings. The Ravens left nothing to chance, sending 17 hitters to the plate in the bottom of the first and scoring 12 times on four hits and a pair of Wildcat errors. They would add another run in the second and four more in the third. Columbus would get on the board in the third as Garret Palmer came home when Isaac Lagunas was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. All nine Ravens in the starting lineup scored at least one run, six of the nine had an RBI and five of the night at least one hit. After the game, Hillcrest head coach Danny Hershberger talked about his seniors.

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London Schrock led the Ravens with five RBI on two hits with a pair of runs. Jace Rempel drove in three and Eli Ours and Noah Miller each had two RBI. With the win, the Ravens are now 9-7 on the year. Hillcrest honored seniors Eli Ours, London Schrock, Aidan Yoder and John Hughes in a ceremony before the game.

In the afternoon softball contest it was Holy Trintiy Catholic that scored a 13-3 victory. The Crusaders scored twice in their first at bat, once in the third and four times in the fourth to open up a 7-0 lead. Hillcrest broke through in the fifth with three runs when Malia Yoder doubled home Madeline Fox and Norah Yoder and then came home herself on a wild pitch. HTC answered back with a six run seventh to put the game out of reach. The Ravens were led by Malia Yoder with a two for three day at the plate with two driven in and a run scored. She also went the distance in the circle, giving up 11 earned runs on 14 hits. With the loss, Hillcrest is now 0-21 on the year, Holy Trinity improves to 6-14.