Baseball Recap: Cherokee Victorious

With a playoff win on the line, Cherokee rose to the challenge on Friday. They walked away with an 8-3 win over the McEachern Indians.

Daniel Head spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in three consecutive appearances.

Andre Sweet

Runs

02/27/26 @ Wheeler	3
04/24/26 @ McEachern	2
03/07/26 vs North Cobb	2
03/03/26 @ North Cobb	2
02/14/26 vs St. Pius X Catholic	2
+ 11 more games

At the plate, Andre Sweet and Brody Smith did most of the damage at the plate: Sweet went 2-for-5 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI, while Smith got on base in four of his five plate appearances with one stolen base and two RBI. Sweet is becoming a predictor of Cherokee's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 5-1 (and 12-13 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Caden McGhee, who got on base in two of his four plate appearances with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Cherokee's victory bumped their record up to 17-14. As for McEachern, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 24-7 record.

The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Cherokee beat the Indians by a score of 6-2 later that day.