Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Horizon Honors). Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Pima Roughriders an 18-0 shutout on Wednesday. With that victory, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 6.8 runs per game.
Horizon Honors let Lucas Holweger and Reid Tworek run wild. Holweger fired off two home runs, six RBI, and one double while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Tworek fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-4. Those three runs gave Tworek a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Walker, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, and one double.
Horizon Honors was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Eagles
| 04/01/26 @ Pima | 18-0 |
| 03/31/26 vs Arizona Lutheran Academy | 7-3 |
| 03/27/26 vs Desert Christian | 1-0 |
| 03/25/26 vs Fountain Hills | 4-3 |
| 03/23/26 @ Chandler Prep | 15-0 |
The win (which was Horizon Honors' fifth in a row) raised their record to 9-3. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Pima, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-9.
Horizon Honors didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 10-5 win against Phoenix Country Day on the 2nd. As for Pima, they will challenge Phoenix Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The Cougars' pitching crew has only allowed 2.9 runs per game this season, so the Roughriders' hitters will have their work cut out for them.
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