Baseball Recap: Horse Creek Academy Has No Trouble Against Calhoun County

Stallions

Margin (Wins)

03/11/25 @ North	17
03/25/25 @ Calhoun County	15
03/04/25 vs Wagener-Salley	12
02/21/25 vs Laney	12
03/18/25 vs Wagener-Salley	10

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Andrew Jackson Academy, Horse Creek Academy was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Calhoun County Saints with a sharp 17-2 victory. Considering the Stallions have won six games by more than nine runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.

Bryce Gunter was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run while striking out eight over five innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in five consecutive appearances. He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBI. Those three doubles gave him a new career-high.

In other batting news, Iniko Barker was incredible, scoring five runs and stealing four bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. He has become a key player for Horse Creek Academy: the team is 4-2 when he posts at least two runs, but 2-4 otherwise. Cannon Blume was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-2.

Horse Creek Academy kept the outfield on their toes and finished the game with 11 hits. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 5.6 hits per game earlier this season, but in their last 15 matchups they've averaged 10.

Horse Creek Academy's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-6. As for Calhoun County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.

Horse Creek Academy will have a chance to go back-to-back against Calhoun County: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.