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The Avery County (Newland, NC) JV baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Mountain Heritage (Burnsville, NC) by a score of 2-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mountain Heritage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Avery County	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Mountain Heritage edges Avery County

April 2, 2026: Newland, NC 28657

The Mountain Heritage Cougars baseball squad scored 2 runs and limited the host Avery County Vikings to 0 in the Cougars non-league triumph on Thursday.

Next up, the Cougars battle the Mitchell Mountaineers (Bakersville, NC) in a test, on Tuesday, April 14. Mountain Heritage will attempt to better on its 2-8 season record. The Mountaineers go into the test with a 4-6 record after their 15-0 non-league loss to McDowell (Marion, NC).

With the defeat, Avery County drops to 1-6 on the year. The Vikings host Polk County (Columbus, NC) to clash with the Wolverines in a non-league bout on Tuesday, April 21. The Wolverines enter the bout with a record of 2-7.

MHHS @ Avery County Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 2, 2026 @ 6p

The Avery County (Newland, NC) JV baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Mountain Heritage (Burnsville, NC) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Mountain Heritage (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
3-9-1	1-1	1-4	2-5-1	.269	.500	71	105

Avery County (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
2-8	0-2	1-4	1-4	.200	.000	29	92

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Mountain Heritage	1.0	1.8	0	.3	2.3	1.0	-	5.5	5.3	3.3
Avery County	0	0	2.5	0	1.0	-	-	2.9	3.0	1.3

Head-to-Head

Avery County won on 3/31/2026

3/31 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Avery County - - - - - - - 11 - -
MHHS - - - - - - - 7 - -

The Avery County (Newland, NC) JV baseball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Mountain Heritage (Burnsville, NC) by a score of 11-7.
Box score
Mountain Heritage won last month

4/2 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

MHHS - - - - - - - 2 - -
Avery County - - - - - - - 0 - -

The Mountain Heritage (Burnsville, NC) JV baseball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Avery County (Newland, NC) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

3/31 @ 4p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Avery County	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-
MHHS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

4/2 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
MHHS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Avery County	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mountain Heritage	1-5-1		Avery County	1-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/19/26	Madison	Mountain Heritage	(L) 8-2	3/10/26	Madison	Avery County	(L) 5-0
3/20/26	Mountain Heritage	Madison	(L) 17-6	3/13/26	Avery County	Madison	(L) 24-3
3/24/26	Mountain Heritage	Polk County	(L) 13-4	4/21/26	Polk County	Avery County	(W) 4-3
3/27/26	Polk County	Mountain Heritage	(L) 9-7	4/24/26	Avery County	Polk County
4/14/26	Mountain Heritage	Mitchell	(W) 8-3	4/27/26	Avery County	Mitchell	(L) 11-8
4/17/26	Mitchell	Mountain Heritage	(L) 5-2	4/28/26	Mitchell	Avery County	(L) 9-0
4/28/26	Mountain Heritage	Owen	(T) 11-11	3/20/26	Owen	Avery County	(L) 9-0
5/1/26	Owen	Mountain Heritage		4/22/26	Avery County	Owen

Record Breakdown

Mountain Heritage (25-26)		Avery County (25-26)
3-9-1	Overall	2-8
1-1	League	0-2
2-8-1	Non-League	2-6
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
1-5-1	Common Opponent	1-5
1-4	Home	1-4
2-5-1	Away	1-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
3-9-1	In-State	2-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0