Baseball Recap: Copper Hills Sets Scoring Season-High Against Mountain Ridge

Grizzlies

Team Score (Highest)

04/23/25 vs Mountain Ridge	6
03/04/25 @ Layton	5
03/26/25 @ Lone Peak	4
03/14/25 vs Payson	4
04/22/25 @ Mountain Ridge	3

Copper Hills had lost nine straight at home dating back to last season, but on Wednesday they dropped their record down to 3-15 to make it ten. They fell just short of the Mountain Ridge Sentinels by a score of 7-6. On the bright side, the six- run performance marked the Grizzlies' highest-scoring contest to date.

Copper Hills saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kasen Nelson, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Those RBI were Nelson's first of the season.

As for Mountain Ridge, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 12-6 record. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory they have posted against Copper Hills since April 11, 2023.

On Mountain Ridge's side, Karson Fankhauser tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over 5.2 innings pitched. Those seven strikeouts gave Fankhauser a new career-high.

At the plate, Brody Garrard was excellent, going 1-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024. The team also got some help courtesy of Stockton Fowlks, who went 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base.

While Copper Hills 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 3:30 p.m. on Friday.