Baseball Recap: Simpson Academy's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Thursday

Cougars

Previous 5 Games

04/03/25 vs East Rankin Academy	1-2
04/01/25 @ East Rankin Academy	10-6
03/28/25 vs Leake Academy	8-1
03/27/25 @ Leake Academy	7-3
03/25/25 vs Leake Academy	6-5

It was a good run, but Simpson Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their nine-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the East Rankin Academy Patriots by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, the Cougars couldn't push the score so high this time.

Simpson Academy's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 15-7. As for East Rankin Academy, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-7.

While Simpson Academy had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.