The High Point Christian Academy Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Grace Christian Crusaders at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Grace Christian will be up against a hot High Point Christian Academy team: the squad just extended their winning streak to eight. High Point Christian Academy put the hurt on Trinity of Durham and Chapel Hill with a sharp 9-2 win on Friday.
ELI WITHERS looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over four innings pitched. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-low in earned runs (zero).
Meanwhile, while Grace Christian put up some runs on Friday, the same can't be said for Asheville Christian Academy. Grace Christian blew past Asheville Christian Academy 10-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Crusaders.
Grace Christian also got a great performance from Landon McDonald as he didn't allow a single earned run while striking out ten over five innings pitched. That's the most strikeouts McDonald has posted since back in April of 2024.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Riley Cuddy, who fired off two home runs, three runs, and three RBI while going 3-for-4. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jimmy Alfonsin, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.
High Point Christian Academy pushed their record up to 10-3 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 Grace Christian, their record now sits at 10-2.
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