The Coffee County Central Red Raiders will challenge the Forrest Rockets at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Coffee County Central has seven straight victories, Forrest has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While Coffee County Central's win against Central Magnet wasn't quite the blowout it was the last time the pair played, they still came out on top. Coffee County Central won by a run and slipped past Central Magnet 8-7. That's two games straight that the Red Raiders have won by just one run.
The team relied heavily on Blake Hillis, who went 2-for-4 with one triple, two RBI, and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in April of 2024. Trevor Jesse was another key player, scoring a run.
Meanwhile, Forrest didn't have quite enough to beat Shelbyville Central on Friday and fell 4-3.
Forrest saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Luke Allen, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one RBI. Another was Kason Fuller, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Coffee County Central pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.4 runs on average over those games. As for Forrest, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
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