The Hillcrest Academy Raven baseball and softball teams cleaned house in Kalona this weekend with the Danville Bears in town, each scoring crossover conference victories. The Raven girls were a 14-5 winner Saturday. Danville pushed across one in their first at bat, only to see Hillcrest answer with a huge seven spot in the bottom of the inning. The Bears got three in the top of the second to pull within 7-4, only to see the Ravens get one in the bottom half to make it 8-4, before adding on single tallies in the fourth, fifth, and sixth then four more in the seventh to finish the game. The Ravens pounded Bear’s pitching with 12 total hits and grabbed six walks. Five different Ravens had multi-hit days, led by Malia Yoder’s three hits and five RBI. Morgyn Nafziger, Delaney Shaw, Adrianne Blauvelt and Stavia Miller each had two hits. Nafziger and Miller drove in two each. Kylee Statler had two RBI on a hit, Blauvelt drove in one. Nafziger and Claire Withrow each scored three times, Lydia Beachy and Miller both scored twice. Yoder was the winner in the circle, going all seven, giving up five hits, two earned runs, three walks and striking out four. That’s now back-to-back wins for Hillcrest to run their record to 9-10 this year as Danville falls to 3-17.

The Raven boys had a shortened 12-2 Saturday outing against the Bears, taking the win in five frames. Hillcrest went up 1-0 after one, then briefly trailed 2-1 through the top of the third, before throwing the knockout blows with three in the bottom of the third to go up 4-2 and finishing the scoring with eight in the home half of the fourth. Hillcrest had seven hits on the day, drew eight walks and four were hit by pitches. Phoenix Anderson and Rowan Miller each drove in two, Anderson on two hits, Miller on one with Anderson scoring twice and Miller once. Liam Schrock, Seth Ours, Mason Helmuth, Mason Bender and Lawson Schrock each had a hit. Liam Schrock, Helmuth, Bender and Lincoln Miller all had an RBI. Liam Schrock and Helmuth both scored twice. Lawson Schrock was the winner on the hill with five innings of the three hit ball with one earned run, and a strikeout. The Ravens are now 12-3 as Danville falls to 3-11.