Baseball Recap: Newnan Beats River Ridge for Their Third Straight Victory

Cougars

Margin (Wins)

04/02/25 vs Morrow	22
03/17/25 @ Banneker	22
03/14/25 vs Banneker	18
03/28/25 vs Langston Hughes	15
03/12/25 @ Dutchtown	15

Newnan had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They blew past the River Ridge Knights 9-1 on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won 20 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.

The win (which was Newnan's third in a row) raised their record to 30-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.3 runs on average over those games. As for River Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 25-15.

Newnan will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Knights: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.