Baseball Game Preview: Covenant School of Jacksonville Warriors vs. Westside Wolverines

Warriors

Runs

02/17/25 vs Harvest Community	12
02/14/25 @ Bradford	0
02/13/25 @ Stanton	6
02/11/25 vs Parsons Christian Academy	17

The Covenant School of Jacksonville Warriors will take on the Westside Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Covenant School of Jacksonville is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.8 runs per game this season.

Covenant School of Jacksonville took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. Their pitchers stepped up to hand Harvest Community a 12-0 shutout. The high-scoring effort was just what Covenant School of Jacksonville needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.

Baker Holway and Javien Strobridge made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Holway tossed 1.1 innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Meanwhile, Strobridge struck out nine batters over 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). At bat, Holway scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2, while Strobridge went 1-for-2 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. Holway also put up a hit, which washis first of the season.

In other batting news, Ryne Fennell and Randy Parker did most of the damage at the plate: Fennell scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances, while Parker went a perfect2-for-2 with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. Fennell is crushing it when it comes to stolen bases: he's stolen at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Landon Jones was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing a base.

Covenant School of Jacksonville always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .607. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Harvest Community only posted an OBP of .211.

Meanwhile, Westside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Cedar Creek Christian, falling 23-7. That's two games in a row now that the Wolverines have lost by exactly 16 runs.

The win got Covenant School of Jacksonville back to even at 2-2. As for Westside, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.