Baseball Recap: Canyon Crest Academy Sets Scoring Season-High Against Washington

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Canyon Crest Academy). They never let the Washington Eagles get on the board and left with a 17-0 victory on Tuesday. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Ravens as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.

Henry Schmidt

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/01/25 vs Washington	8
04/15/24 @ San Dieguito Academy	6
04/08/24 vs Vista	6
04/29/24 vs San Pasqual	4
03/26/24 @ El Capitan	3

Henry Schmidt made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out eight over six innings pitched. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He is becoming a predictor of Canyon Crest Academy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 2-1 (and 2-5-1 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Jack Harkin was incredible, scoring three runs while going 3-for-4. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cole Leshner, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.

Canyon Crest Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .417. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Washington only posted a batting average of .105.

Canyon Crest Academy's victory bumped their record up to 4-6-1. As for Washington, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-9.

Looking ahead, Canyon Crest Academy will challenge Varsity Opponent at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Washington, they will face off against Clairemont at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The Chieftains' pitching crew has only allowed 1.9 runs per game this season, so the Eagles' hitters will have their work cut out for them.