Baseball Recap: Holtville Victorious

It may have taken eight innings to finish the job, but Holtville ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They had just enough and edged out the Prattville Christian Academy Panthers 8-7. This was a revenge game for the Bulldogs: when they faced off against the Panthers back in February, they had to take a 3-1 defeat.

GAGE RUSSOM

Runs

04/02/26 vs Brewbaker Tech	3
03/27/26 vs Billingsley	3
04/13/26 vs Prattville Christian Academy	2
03/31/26 @ Brewbaker Tech	2
03/13/26 vs Sylacauga	2
+ 10 more games

Holtville let GAGE RUSSOM and COLE PARRISH run wild. RUSSOM went 3-for-4 with two runs, one double, and one RBI, while PARRISH went 3-for-5 with one stolen base, one run, and one double. RUSSOM has become a key player for Holtville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 8-12 otherwise.

Holtville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-12 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 7.0 runs over those games. As for Prattville Christian Academy, they dropped their record down to 13-10 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.

Holtville has already played their next matchup, a 5-4 win against Chilton County on the 14th. As for Prattville Christian Academy, they will square off against Saint James at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.