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The Hernando Christian Academy (Brooksville, FL) varsity baseball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against First Academy (Leesburg, FL) in extra innings by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
First Academy	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	-	-
HCA	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	7	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

First Academy (22-23)

Hernando Christian Academy (22-23)

First Academy

Batting

Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
Team Totals	.424	44	33	6	14	6	3
Brock Jones (Sr)	.600	5	5	0	3	1	1
Bryce Cherry (Sr)	.667	5	3	2	2	1	1
Bryson Barnett (Jr)	.500	5	2	1	1	1	0
Cason Cherry (So)	.500	5	4	1	2	0	0
Collin Herrell (So)	.500	5	4	1	2	0	1
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	.500	5	4	1	2	1	0
J. Scouten (So)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	.200	5	5	0	1	1	0
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0
Reid Patterson (Jr)	.250	5	4	0	1	1	0

Hernando Christian Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.214	39	28	7	6	6	1	1
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	.000	4	1	1	0	1	0	0
4	Evan Oring (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	Carson Hedick (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
7	Matthew Biel (Sr)	.250	5	4	0	1	0	1	0
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	.000	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
10	Landon Euler (So)	.400	5	5	1	2	2	0	0
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
12	Bradyn Craver (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0	1
16	Ethan Purnell (So)		1	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0

First Academy

Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
Team Totals	1	2	8	5	1	2	12	.524	.515	1.039
Brock Jones (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.600	.800	1.400
Bryce Cherry (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.800	1.000	1.800
Bryson Barnett (Jr)	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	.600	.500	1.100
Cason Cherry (So)	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.500	1.000
Collin Herrell (So)	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.750	1.250
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.600	.500	1.100
J. Scouten (So)	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	.200	.200	.400
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
Reid Patterson (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.400	.250	.650

Hernando Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	11	9	8	.436	.357	.793
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	3	0	0	.750	.000	.750
6	Carson Hedick (Jr)	1	0	3	.250	.000	.250
7	Matthew Biel (Sr)	1	0	3	.400	.500	.900
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	2	1	3	.400	.000	.400
10	Landon Euler (So)	0	3	2	.400	.400	.800
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	2	0	1	.500	.000	.500
12	Bradyn Craver (Fr)	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	0	1	3	.500	1.250	1.750
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	1	2	2	.500	.333	.833

First Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	3
	Cason Cherry (So)	1
	Nathan Johnson (Jr)	1
	Reid Patterson (Jr)	1

Baserunning

Hernando Christian Academy has not entered any baserunning stats.

First Academy

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	DP
Team Totals	1.000	24	24	2
Brock Jones (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
Bryce Cherry (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
Bryson Barnett (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0
Cason Cherry (So)	1.000	4	4	1
Collin Herrell (So)	1.000	9	9	0
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	1.000	2	2	1
Reid Patterson (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0

Hernando Christian Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.973	37	24	12	1	2
1	Brody Hedick (7th)	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
7	Matthew Biel (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
10	Landon Euler (So)	1.000	8	6	2	0	1
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	1.000	5	2	3	0	1
12	Bradyn Craver (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
15	Ethan Higgins (Sr)	1.000	9	9	0	0	2
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0	0
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	.800	5	1	3	1	1

First Academy

Pitching

Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
Team Totals	6.12	1	.000	1
Brock Jones (Sr)	0.00	0		1
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	0.00	0		1
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	9.55	0		1
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	14.00	1	.000	1

Hernando Christian Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	3.50	1
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	7.00	1
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	3.00	1
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	0.00	1

First Academy

Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
Team Totals	8	6	7	7	11	9	1	39	28
Brock Jones (Sr)	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	3
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	7
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	3.2	5	5	5	6	5	1	21	15
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	1	0	2	2	4	1	0	7	3

Hernando Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	8	14	6	4	8	5	44	36
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	4	5	2	2	3	3	19	16
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	1	4	3	1	0	2	8	8
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	2.1	5	1	1	5	0	16	11
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	.2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

First Academy

Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	BK
Team Totals	.214	.436	2	153	1
Brock Jones (Sr)	.333	.500	0	15	0
Jacob Pishko (Sr)	.000	.000	0	27	0
Kaden Herrell (Sr)	.333	.524	2	79	1
Nathan Johnson (Jr)	.000	.571	0	32	0

Hernando Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	PO
	Team Totals	.389	.500	1	136	1
8	Blake Bandy (Jr)	.312	.421	1	69	1
11	Brandon Higgins (So)	.500	.500	0	26	0
16	Ethan Purnell (So)	.455	.625	0	39	0
17	Samuel Sanchez (Sr)	.000	.000	0	2	0

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Game Story

Florida High School Baseball - Hernando Christian Academy sneaks past First Academy

April 14, 2023: Leesburg, FL 34748

Spectators at Friday's non-league battle between the Hernando Christian Academy Lions (Brooksville, FL) and the host First Academy Eagles (Leesburg, FL), saw Hernando Christian Academy's baseball squad edge First Academy by a margin of 7-6.

Coming up next, the Lions play the Keswick Christian Crusaders (St. Petersburg, FL) in a non-league battle, on Saturday, April 15. Hernando Christian Academy will attempt to better on its 11-5 season record. The Crusaders enter the battle with a 10-9 record after their 10-0 non-league win over Sarasota Christian (Sarasota, FL).

The Eagles now sport a 10-3 record. They take the field next when they travel to Sarasota Christian for a non-league battle on Saturday, April 15. First Academy will play a Blazers squad coming off a 10-0 non-league loss to Keswick Christian (St. Petersburg, FL). The Blazers record now stands at 8-6.

Rankings & Records

First Academy (22-23)

FL	Class
419	46

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
13-7	1-1	5-3	6-2	2-2	.650	.500	169	85

Hernando Christian Academy (22-23)

FL	Class
463	53

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
11-11	5-1	6-5	4-4	1-2	.500	.833	169	134