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The Hillcrest Academy Raven baseball and softball teams host the Pekin Panthers tonight a set of Southeast Iowa Superconference matchups. The Raven boys are 15-3 on the year, 9-1 leaders of the Superconference North and winners of four-in-a-row, after getting by Louisa-Muscatine Monday night 5-3. The Ravens are hitting .291 as a team with a .434OBP and .387 slug, scoring 158 runs on 139 hits with 103 walks and 115 strikeouts. Five Hillcrest hitters are at .300 or better, led by Rowan Miller at .469 with 23 total hits and 22RBI. Seth Ours leads with 26 runs scored and a .328 mark. Liam Schrock, Mason Helmuth and Phoenix Anderson are all over .300. On the mound, the Raven staff ERA is 3.17 with a .220 opponent average on 95 hits, 50 earned runs and 91 strikeouts. Ours is 4-1 with a 2.69ERA, Liam and Lawson Schrock, and Rowan Miller are a combined 8-0 with a three ERA.

Pekin is 8-9 this year, 7-5 in conference after a 4-1 Monday loss at Wapello. The Panthers are hitting .266 as a team with a .379OBP and .354 slug with 87 runs on 112 hits, 54 walks and 103 strikeouts. Four Panthers are hitting .300 or better led by Henry Adam at .400 with 22 total hits and 13 runs scored. JaeDon Wolver and Alijah Brock had a team best 10 driven in each. On the mound, the Panther team ERA is 4.21 with a .176 opponent average on 85 hits, 61 earned runs 70 walks and 141 strikeouts. Adam is the leader there also with a 1-1 record and 1.58ERA. Hillcrest has won the last five over the Panthers, doubling up Pekin 8-4 in May of this season. Action starts tonight at 5:30p.m. in Kalona.

The Raven girls are 11-12 overall, 7-7 in the league, after a 14-7 Monday win at Columbus. The Ravens hit .293 as a team with a .402OBP and slug, scoring 152 runs on 156 hits with 88 walks and 164 strikeouts. Three Ravens hit .350 or better led by Malia Yoder at .538 with 35 total hits, 28 runs scored and 27 driven in. Delaney Shaw and Claire Withrow are also over .350. In the circle, Yoder is 10-10 with a .198 opponent average on 119 hits, 63 earned runs, 152 strikeouts and a 3.88ERA.

Pekin is 4-20 on the year, 3-11 in conference after dropping an 11-1 game at Wapello Monday. This season the Panthers are hitting .281 together with a .350OBP and .342 slug, scoring 121 runs on 155 hits with 43 walks and 110 strikeouts. Three Panthers hit .300 or better led by Myah Bainbridge at .525 with 32 hits and 24RBI, all team bests. Alex Parsons has scored a Panther high 24 runs. In the circle, Ezra Parsons is 1-13 with a 13.91 ERA in 53 innings, giving up a .257 opponent average, 104 hits, 106 earned runs, 90 walks and 32 strikeouts. Hillcrest has won the last three meetings including a 19-6 decision in May of this year. Softball starts tonight at 7p.m. on the campus of Hillcrest Academy.