Baseball Recap: Lake Mead Christian Academy Continues Home Dominance on Friday

Eagles

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 @ GV Christian	24
04/04/25 vs Lincoln County	16
03/11/25 vs GV Christian	16
04/08/25 @ Indian Springs	15
04/01/25 @ Awaken Christian	15

There's no place like home for Lake Mead Christian Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. Everything went their way against the Needles Mustangs on Friday as they made off with a 13-3 victory. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by ten runs or more this season.

Hunter Zierleyn was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out seven over five innings pitched. He has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances. He was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with two RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Cash Johnson, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with three doubles, three RBI, and two runs. Those three doubles gave him a new career-high. Cooper Garrett was another key player, going 1-for-3 with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI.

Lake Mead Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .444. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Needles only posted a batting average of .048.

Lake Mead Christian Academy's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Needles, with the loss, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-7-1.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Lake Mead Christian Academy will host Indian Springs at 3:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Needles, they will welcome Pahrump Valley at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. The Trojans' pitching crew has only allowed 3.3 runs per game this season, so the Mustangs' hitters will have their work cut out for them.