Baseball Game Preview: Horizon Honors Eagles vs. Scottsdale Preparatory Academy Spartans

Horizon Honors and Scottsdale Preparatory Academy are an even 3-3 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Horizon Honors Eagles will challenge the Scottsdale Preparatory Academy Spartans at 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Horizon Honors is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.

Scottsdale Preparatory Academy will be up against a hot Horizon Honors squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Horizon Honors walked away with a 6-2 victory over Parker on Friday.

Max Miller

Hits (Career)

02/28/25 @ Parker	3
02/27/25 vs Bourgade Catholic	2
02/26/25 vs ALA - West Foothills	1
04/05/24 vs Santa Cruz Valley	1
02/21/24 vs Chino Valley	1

The team relied heavily on Max Miller, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-3. Those three hits gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Lucas Holweger, who scored a run while going 1-for-2.

Meanwhile, after soaring to 13 runs the game before, Scottsdale Preparatory Academy was a bit more limited in their matchup on Monday. They came up short against Phoenix Christian, falling 7-1.

Jax Zawada was cooking despite his team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one home run.

Scottsdale Preparatory Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Horizon Honors, their win bumped their record up to 3-0-1.

Horizon Honors came up short against Scottsdale Preparatory Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2024, falling 7-3. Can Horizon Honors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.