Baseball Recap: Hickory Grove Christian Drops Highest Score of Season Against Gaston Day

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hickory Grove Christian). They never let the Gaston Day Spartans get on the board and left with a 15-0 win on Thursday. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by seven runs or more this season.

The team relied heavily on Noah Belote, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. He is becoming a predictor of Hickory Grove Christian's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 5-7 when he doesn't). Gavin Pelow also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.

Lions

Batting Average

04/10/25 vs Gaston Day	50%
04/08/25 vs Concord Academy	37%
03/31/25 @ Asheville Christian Academy	36.7%
03/28/25 @ Charlotte Catholic	13%
03/27/25 vs Saegertown	28.6%
+ 32 more games

Hickory Grove Christian was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .500. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March of 2024.

Hickory Grove Christian now has a winning record of 8-7. As for Gaston Day, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.

Hickory Grove Christian has already played their next match (against Cary Christian), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Gaston Day, they will face off against Concord Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Monday.