Baseball Recap: Wickenburg Christian Academy Makes It Seven in a Row at Home

Wickenburg Christian Academy barely beat Holy Family Academy the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Lion blew past the Padres 11-5 on Wednesday. Those 11 runs were actually the fewest the Lion have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.

Wickenburg Christian Academy got a big performance out of Ross Egan, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Dickinson, who scored three runs and stole a base while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances.

Wickenburg Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .429. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .389 or higher every time they've taken the field this season.

Lion

Previous Games (Home)

04/02/25 vs Holy Family Academy	11-5
03/31/25 vs Trinity Christian	15-5
03/25/25 vs A+ Charter School	13-9
03/19/25 vs Flagstaff Christian	13-5
04/30/24 vs Imagine Prep Coolidge	13-2
+ 2 more games

Wickenburg Christian Academy's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.the team's perfect season has a lot to do with their hitting performance: the team won's by an average of 9.9 runs thus far As for Holy Family Academy, they moved to 3-2 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Wickenburg Christian Academy will take on Gila Bend at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The Lion's pitchers better be ready for this one: the Gila Monsters have averaged an impressive 12.8 runs per game this season. As for Holy Family Academy, they will face off against Heritage Academy at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Padres' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Heroes have averaged an impressive 8 runs per game this season.