Big time baseball and softball on the west side

Going into last night's monster match-ups, the four baseball teams on the west side of Wichita boasted a combined record of 45-7.

Bishop Carroll and Wichita Northwest battled last night at Westurban for the City League's top spot. The Grizzlies, who came into the game with an unblemished 11-0 record, met their match on Friday night. Carroll dominated Northwest winning the doubleheader by scores of 17-8 and 7-2. The sweep put the Golden Eagles at 14-1 on the season and gave Carroll a two game lead over Northwest in the City League standings.

Out in Goddard the Lions squared off against Maize. Like Carroll, Maize completed the sweep of their rival winning the games 8-1 and 4-1. The sweep clinched a league title for the Eagles as they improved to 13-2 overall and 9-1 in league play.

On the softball side of things, Maize knocked off Goddard in the opening game 8-6 before dropping their first game of the season in a 5-4 defeat to the Lions in the nightcap. Maize is now 15-1 overall and 10-1 in AVCTL Div. 1 while Goddard sits at 11-3.

Northwest's softball team has been equally as impressive, losing their opening game of the season in a 2-1 loss to Derby. The Grizzlies have since rattled of 11 straight wins.

The Grizzlies will face-off against Bishop Carroll (12-2) on May 4. Carroll's two losses came to Maize in the first two games of the season.

Other games to watch out for:
Baseball
May 6: Bishop Carroll (14-1) vs. Goddard (11-6)
May 7: Blue Valley Stilwell (No. 1 in Class 6A) vs. Maize (No. 4)
May 14: Northwest (11-2) vs. Maize (13-2)

Softball
May 14: Northwest (11-1) vs. Maize (15-1)