The Hillcrest Academy Raven baseball and softball teams are on their home diamond Thursday when Mediapolis pays a visit. The Raven baseball team is 1-2 after grabbing their first victory, 8-3 at Louisa-Muscatine Tuesday. On the season, the Ravens are hitting .244 as a team with Luke Schrock holding the top average .538 and his team best seven hits. Seth Ours and Josiah Beachy have each driven in four. The Hillcrest team ERA is 4.90 with Schrock at 1-1 on the season in 11 innings. Ours has a team best 3.00 ERA. Mediapolis is 4-0 this year, taking out Highland Tuesday 3-0. The Bulldogs are hitting .278 collectively with Aidan Danz at .500 with three RBI. MEPO has a 1.50 team ERA. Jaxon Brooks, Lance Ludens and Danz all have recorded wins. Brooks is 2-0 and Ludens is 1-0 with a 0.75 ERA. Mediapolis has won 15 of the last 22 in the series and 15 of the last 16.

On the softball diamond, the Ravens are 0-4 following a 12-0 loss at No. 12 in Class 2A Louisa-Muscatine Tuesday. Hillcrest is hitting .156 as a group with Malia Yoder at .375 with three hits. Norah Yoder has scored three times and Grace Miller and Kylee Statler each have an RBI. The Ravens have a collective 8.67 ERA with Leah Bontrager at eight through 14 innings with an 0-3 record. Mediapolis is 1-4 this season, their lone win was in their opener against Pekin 18-6, since they have dropped matchups with Winfield-Mt. Union, Columbus, Highland, and Holy Trinity. The Bullettes are hitting .310 together with Hanna Wagenbach at .533 with eight hits, five runs scored and three driven in. MEPO has a 4.34 team ERA with Hallie Mohr in the lead. The senior has a 1-2 record in 24 innings with a 2.92 ERA. Mediapolis has won 21 of the last 27 in the series including three straight with 17-12 and 18-8 wins a season ago. You can hear all of the softball action live tonight on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame show at 6:30 and first pitch at 7p.m. from Kalona.