Horizon Honors is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Phoenix Country Day is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. Horizon Honors will host Phoenix Country Day at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Horizon Honors is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.
Horizon Honors barely beat Pima the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Eagles' pitcher stepped up to hand the Roughriders an 18-0 shutout on Wednesday. The Eagles' hitters stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most runs they've scored all season.
Reid Tworek
| 04/01/26 @ Pima | 3 |
| 04/16/25 @ Heritage Academy | 2 |
| 03/31/26 vs Arizona Lutheran Academy | 1 |
| 03/05/26 @ Lincoln Prep | 1 |
| 03/04/26 vs Scottsdale Preparatory Academy | 1 |
Horizon Honors let Lucas Holweger and Reid Tworek run wild. Holweger fired off two home runs, six RBI, and one double while getting on base in all five of his plate appearances, while Tworek fired off two home runs, three runs, and four RBI while going 3-for-4. Those three runs gave Tworek a new career-high. Nainoa Watson was another key player, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI.
Horizon Honors was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .467. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Phoenix Country Day fought the good fight in their extra-innings contest against Santa Cruz Valley on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 5-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dust Devils. The matchup marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Phoenix Country Day saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Reed Ross, who went 3-for-4 with one run and one double. Ross has been hot recently, having posted three or more hits the last four times he's played.
Horizon Honors' win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Phoenix Country Day, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Thursday. Horizon Honors hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Phoenix Country Day struggles in that department as they've been averaging an even more impressive 1 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other baseball content.
