Baseball Recap: Greenwood Christian Academy Find Success

Greenwood Christian Academy's game on Tuesday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Thursday. They won by a run and slipped past the Greenwood Woodmen 2-1. This was payback for the Cougars, who suffered a 3-2 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Preston Van Til

Hits Against

04/24/25 @ Park Tudor	5
04/12/25 vs Indian Creek	5
05/05/25 @ Indy Genesis HomeSchool	4
04/15/25 vs Indianapolis Kings	3
05/08/25 vs Greenwood	1
+ 2 more games

Preston Van Til looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit over four innings pitched. Greenwood Christian Academy is 3-1 when Van Til allows one or fewer hits, but 6-7 otherwise.

On the hitting side, Greenwood Christian Academy's victory was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Ryder Knox, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and two RBI.

Greenwood Christian Academy's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-8. As for Greenwood, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season.

Greenwood Christian Academy and Greenwood could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Indiana Rankings. The Cougars will take on Westfield at 6:30 p.m. on Monday with a big rank disadvantage (197 vs. 12). Meanwhile, Greenwood (ranked 238th) will meet Franklin Community (ranked 32nd) at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.