Baseball Recap: South Granville Has No Trouble Against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability

Vikings

Margin (Wins)

03/14/25 vs J.F. Webb	27
04/08/25 vs Vance County	16
04/08/25 vs Vance County	15
03/19/25 @ Durham School of the Arts	14
03/11/25 @ J.F. Webb	13

South Granville was handed a heart-breaking two-run defeat in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Southern School of Energy and Sustainability on Tuesday. The Vikings blew past the Spartans 11-4. Considering the Vikings have won seven contests by more than six runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Noah Edwards made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out nine batters over six innings while giving up just two earned (and two unearned) runs off eight hits. Those nine strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 with three runs, one double, and one RBI. He has become a key player for South Granville: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 8-10 otherwise.

In other batting news, South Granville let Vani Hernandez and Evan Olson-Thornburg run wild. Hernandez got on base in four of his five plate appearances with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI, while Olson-Thornburg went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and one run. Those two doubles gave Olson-Thornburg a new career-high. Cooper Wilkins was another key player, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

South Granville was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .484. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

South Granville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Southern School of Energy and Sustainability, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-10.

South Granville will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Spartans: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.