Baseball Recap: Seymour Drops Highest Score of Season Against Northview Academy

Eagles

Team Score (Highest)

04/08/25 @ Northview Academy	16
03/13/25 vs Lakeway Christian Academy	13
03/17/25 @ Cocke County	11
03/22/25 vs Anderson County	9
04/01/25 vs Spencer County	8

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Seymour). They blew past the Northview Academy Cougars 16-2 on Tuesday. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded the Eagles with their most commanding win of the season.

Drew Childress was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he struck out eight batters over five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Seymour is 4-2 when Childress allows one or fewer earned runs, but 7-8 otherwise. Childress was also big at the plate, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Coby Johnson, who got on base in all five of his plate appearances with one home run, three runs, and three RBI. That's the most RBI he has posted over his last ten contests. Miller Elijah was another key player, scoring three runs and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4.

Seymour's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-10. Those road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Northview Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.

Coming up, Seymour will welcome Heritage at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Mountaineers' pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so the Eagles' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Northview Academy, they will challenge Volunteer at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Cougars are facing the Falcons at the right time seeing as the Falcons are stuck on a three-game losing streak.