Jackson HomeSchool is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Saturday. They will welcome the Coastal Mississippi Homeschool Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. Jackson HomeSchool is looking for their season's first victory.
Jackson HomeSchool is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They fell just short of Newton County Academy by a score of 5-4 on Friday.
Meanwhile, Coastal Mississippi Homeschool was able to grind out a solid win over Ben's Ford Christian on Thursday, taking the game 6-3. The six-run effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Chase Cagna made a splash while hitting and pitching. He tossed four innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off three hits. Cagna was also solid in the batter's box, going 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Cagna wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Delaughter, who scored a run while going 2-for-4. Gunnar Webb also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
The victory made it two in a row for Coastal Mississippi Homeschool and bumps their season record up to 4-2. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing ten hits in those games compared to only 4.5 in the others. As for Jackson HomeSchool, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Jackson HomeSchool came out on top in a nail-biter against Coastal Mississippi Homeschool in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, sneaking past 5-4. Does Jackson HomeSchool have another victory up their sleeve, or will Coastal Mississippi Homeschool turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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