Baseball Recap: Cherokee Bluff Beats East Hall for Their Fourth Straight Win

Bears

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 @ Monroe Area	15
03/03/25 @ East Forsyth	12
02/14/25 @ Grayson	9
02/21/25 @ Wesleyan	7
03/18/25 @ East Hall	6

Cherokee Bluff waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They put the hurt on the East Hall Vikings with a sharp 7-1 victory. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by six runs or more this season.

Cherokee Bluff got a great performance from Gabe Gowder as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits. Gowder is becoming a predictor of Cherokee Bluff's success: when he allows at most one earned run the team is 5-1 (and 3-7 when he doesn't).

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jordan Wilkerson, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI and two doubles. That's the most hits he has posted since back in February. Another player making a difference was Ethan England, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.

The win got Cherokee Bluff back to even at 8-8. As for East Hall, they have traveled a rocky road recently, having lost seven of their last eight contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 6-10 record this season.

Cherokee Bluff will have a chance to go back-to-back against East Hall: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.