Baseball Game Preview: Harnett Central Trojans vs. Western Harnett Eagles

The Harnett Central Trojans will look to take advantage of their home field for the first time this season as they take on the Western Harnett Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Harnett Central's pitching crew heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 4-0 victory over Western Harnett. The Trojans haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

Harnett Central got a great performance from Christopher Gaudet as he kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out nine over five innings pitched.

Brantley Champion

Stolen Base

03/04/25 @ Western Harnett	2
05/11/24 @ Currituck County	1
05/07/24 @ Carrboro	2

On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Brantley Champion, who scored two runs and stole Two bases. while going 1-for-3. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.

Western Harnett is on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4. As for Harnett Central, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.

Harnett Central beat Western Harnett 4-0 in their previous matchup on Tuesday. Will Harnett Central repeat their success, or does Western Harnett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.