CHESS Academy is 0-3 against Citizens Christian Academy since April of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The CHESS Academy Knights will be playing at home against the Citizens Christian Academy Patriots at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
CHESS Academy is headed into the match fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Byne Christian 13-1. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for CHESS Academy considering their two-run performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, Citizens Christian Academy entered their tilt with Georgia Christian with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Generals onto the board and left with a 15-0 victory on Tuesday.
Jackson Knight was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Gray McLean, who scored three runs and stole two bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
CHESS Academy made their fans wait, but they earned their first win of the season to make their record 1-7. As for Citizens Christian Academy, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-8.
CHESS Academy suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Citizens Christian Academy in their previous matchup on Friday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Citizens Christian Academy's Taeven Harden, who pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Now that CHESS Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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