Baseball Recap: Whitewright Drops Highest Score of Season Against Savoy

Tigers

Team Score (Highest)

03/21/25 @ Savoy	21
03/14/25 @ Ector	18
02/25/25 @ Village Tech	16
02/27/25 vs Como-Pickton	14
03/06/25 vs Electra	10

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Whitewright). Everything went their way against the Savoy Cardinals on Friday as Whitewright made off with a 21-1 win. The Tigers haven't had any issues with the Cardinals recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.

Ian Jordan made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed one inning while giving up no earned runs or hits. Jordan was also solid in the batter's box, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Whitewright's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is undefeated (and 4-5 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, Ty Roland and Graham Elliott did most of the damage at the plate: Roland went a perfect 3-for-3 with three stolen bases, three runs, and three RBI, while Elliott scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. Those three stolen bases gave Roland a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Cale Clark, who scored three runs and stole four bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.

Whitewright's win bumped their record up to 8-5. As for Savoy, their loss was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-8.

Whitewright and Savoy could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Whitewright will face off against Bells at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday down 339 places (627 vs. 288). Meanwhile, Savoy (ranked 1295th) will meet Honey Grove (ranked 564th) at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.