Baseball Recap: Southern School of Energy and Sustainability Sets Scoring Season-High Against Vance County

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southern School of Energy and Sustainability). They blew past the Vance County Vipers 19-3 on Friday. The Spartans have beaten the Vipers the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Vipers has come to flipping the script.

The team relied heavily on Ethan Hargrove, who got on base in four of his five plate appearances with seven stolen bases, four runs, and one double. He has become a key player for Southern School of Energy and Sustainability: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two stolen bases, but 2-7 otherwise. Carlos Joseph was another key player, going 1-for-2 with four stolen bases, two RBI, and one run.

Spartans

On Base Percentage

04/25/25 @ Vance County	63.2%
04/16/25 vs J.F. Webb	45.2%
03/27/25 @ Durham School of the Arts	54.5%
03/25/25 vs Durham School of the Arts	38.7%
03/19/25 vs Northern Durham	29.2%
+ 12 more games

Southern School of Energy and Sustainability always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .632. The last time their OBP was this high was back in April of 2024.

Southern School of Energy and Sustainability's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Vance County, they are on a 37-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-19.

Southern School of Energy and Sustainability has already played their next contest, a 15-3 win against J.F. Webb on the 26th. Vance County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.