The Hillcrest Academy boys and girls of summer are back on the diamond Tuesday to take on Burlington Notre Dame and Danville. For the Raven boys, the opponent is the Nikes. Hillcrest is 4-5 on the year following a 5-1 loss to Highland at Duane Banks Field at the University of Iowa Monday. The Ravens are hitting .228 with Luke Schrock’s bat leading the way at .405 with 15 hits and 11 runs scored. Jace Rempel has driven in a team best nine. Hillcrest has a team ERA of 4.02, paced by Seth Ours at 2.71 in 21 innings with a 1-2 mark. Burlington Notre Dame is 6-6 this year after splitting a Monday doubleheader with cross town rival West Burlington by 7-6 and 10-9 scores. For the year, the Nikes are hitting .202 as a team with Isaiah Crow at .353. Owen Gulick and Caden Schwenker each have five hits. Schwenker has scored six times and Carson Chiprez and Dylan Kipp have four RBI. On the mound, they hold a 4.58 ERA. Schwenker is 2-0 in 15 innings with a 1.43 mark.

The Hillcrest girls get Danville tonight. The Ravens are 2-7 after a 13-2 Monday loss to Highland. For the year, the Ravens are hitting .267, led by Grace Miller’s .421, Malia Yoder’s team best nine hits and eight RBI and Esther Hughes’ and Evelyn Gerber’s seven runs scored. In the circle, Leah Bontrager has thrown 44 innings with a 7.16 ERA and 2-6 record. Danville is 0-8 coming into the night, having fallen to Central Lee Monday 17-0. The Bears have been outscored 78-3 on the year. they hit .127 as a team with Carlea Beckman at .353 with six hits. Ava Smith has two RBI. Smith has done all of the work in the circle with an 0-7 record, 37 innings thrown and a 5.92 ERA. Danville swept last year’s doubleheader between these schools by 12-2 and 11-3 scores. Baseball and softball action gets underway Tuesday at 7p.m. in Kalona.