The Rye Country Day Wildcats will face off against the Columbia Prep Lions at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Rye Country Day will be strutting in after a win while Columbia Prep will be coming in after a loss.
Rye Country Day took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Greenwich Country Day.
Brady Hollwedel
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Rye Country Day got a great performance from Brady Hollwedel as he pitched 5.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off five hits. The dominant performance also gave Hollwedel a new career-high in strikeouts (three).
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Ryan Shurgin, who went a perfect 3-for-3 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI. Brodie Moye was another key player, going 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Columbia Prep faced off against Calhoun last Tuesday. The Lions wound up with the same score they had in their last game (2-1), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The loss put an end to their undefeated start to the season.
Rye Country Day's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-4. The home victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 6.7 runs over those games. As for Columbia Prep, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Rye Country Day came out on top in a nail-biter against Columbia Prep when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lions turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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