The Coffee County Central Red Raiders will challenge the Northwest Vikings at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Coffee County Central is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
On Friday, Coffee County Central came up short against Smyrna and fell 8-5.
Leiton Yancer
| 03/07/25 @ Smyrna | 1 |
| 03/03/25 @ The Webb School | 1 |
| 02/25/25 vs Moore County | 1 |
Coffee County Central had to settle for second despite strong performances on the mound from Leiton Yancer and Isaiah Deadman Yancer tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit, while Deadman pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits. Yancer has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't given up more than one hit any time he's pitched this season.
On the hitting side, Landan Abellana and Colter Neel did some serious damage despite the final result: Abellana scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3, while Neel went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That's the most RBI Neel has posted since back in April of 2024. Trevor Jesse also deserves some recognition as he scored his first run of the season.
Meanwhile, Northwest lost 10-3 to Creek Wood on Friday. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northwest saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joshua Tharpe, who went 1-for-2 with one RBI.
Coffee County Central now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Northwest, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
