Baseball Recap: Highland Snags Seventh Victory in Last Eight Games

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

04/04/25 vs Woodberry Forest	11
03/27/25 vs Coral Springs	10
03/18/25 vs Flint Hill	10
03/11/25 vs Trinity Christian	10
04/05/25 @ Woodberry Forest	8

Highland never let their opponents score on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Woodberry Forest Tigers as they made off with an 8-0 win. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by six runs or more this season.

Grayson Coppage tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run while striking out six over 4.2 innings pitched. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up a single earned run in four consecutive appearances.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Joey Rogers, who scored two runs and stole five bases while going 4-for-5. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 1.2 stolen bases per game. Jake Gunning was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one home run.

Highland kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now got at least eight hits in six consecutive matches.

Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Woodberry Forest, they dropped their record down to 0-7 with the loss, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.

Coming up, Highland will welcome Miller School of Albemarle at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Hawks 2.8, the Mavericks 3.1) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Woodberry Forest, they will head out on the road to challenge St. Anne's-Belfield at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Saints' pitching crew has only allowed 3.9 runs per game this season, so the Tigers' hitters will have their work cut out for them.