Baseball Game Preview: Heritage Academy Heroes vs. North Valley Christian Academy Lions

Heritage Academy is preparing for their first region matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will host the North Valley Christian Academy Lions at 3:00 p.m. Neither Heritage Academy nor North Valley Christian Academy posted many runs in their last games, so it might be the pitching crews that decide this one.

Heritage Academy lost 9-1 to Scottsdale Preparatory Academy on Monday. The loss continues a trend for the Heroes in their meetings with the Spartans: they've now lost three in a row.

Brenden Whetten

Stolen Base (Career)

03/17/25 @ Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	3
03/04/24 @ Scottsdale Preparatory Academy	2
03/03/25 vs Gilbert Classical Academy	1
04/13/24 @ St. John Paul II Catholic	1

Brenden Whetten made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole Three bases. while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases. Paul (PJ) Soltero also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.

Meanwhile, North Valley Christian Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell 7-2 to ALA - West Foothills.

North Valley Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-9-1. As for Heritage Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3-1.