Baseball Recap: Hartfield Academy Wins High-Profile Game Against Cathedral

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

02/25/25 @ Canton Academy	19
03/12/25 @ Harrison Central	11
03/14/25 vs Briarcrest Christian	10
02/22/25 vs Brookhaven Academy	10
02/10/25 vs Canton Academy	10

On Monday, Hartfield Academy faced Cathedral in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Everything went the Hartfield Academy Hawks' way against the Cathedral Green Wave as the Hartfield Academy Hawks made off with a 9-1 victory. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by seven runs or more this season.

Cope Burnham looked comfortable as he tossed 2.2 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five).

On the hitting side, JP Abt was incredible, going 2-for-4 with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI. That's the most stolen bases he has posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Graham Jackson, who scored a run while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.

Hartfield Academy's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for Cathedral, the defeat snapped their winning streak at seven games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 6-1 record.

Coming up, Hartfield Academy will be playing in front of their home fans against Jackson Prep at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hartfield Academy's pitching crew has only allowed 2.2 runs per game this season, so Jackson Prep's hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Cathedral, they will head out to take on Hartfield Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.