Baseball Game Preview: Village Christian Academy Knights vs. American Leadership Academy-Johnston Patriots

The Village Christian Academy Knights will face off against the American Leadership Academy-Johnston Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Village Christian Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.5 runs per game this season.

Village Christian Academy took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They never let Northwood Temple Academy get on the board and left with a 10-0 win. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by nine runs or more this season.

Eli Guinn

Batters Struck Out (Career)

04/08/25 vs Northwood Temple Academy	10
04/04/25 @ American Leadership Academy-Johnston	5
03/13/25 @ Goldsboro	3
03/04/25 @ Rocky Mount Academy	3

Eli Guinn was a major factor no matter where he played. He didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high. He was also big at the plate, scoring three runs and stealing four bases while going 2-for-3. He is becoming a predictor of Village Christian Academy's success: when he posts at least two runs the team is 8-1 (and 2-4 when he doesn't).

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Joseph Randolph, who went 1-for-3 with one home run and two RBI. That home run marked the first that he launched this season.

Meanwhile, American Leadership Academy-Johnston had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Village Christian Academy, sneaking past 8-7.

Payton McMahon was incredible, scoring three runs while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. The team also got some help courtesy of Gavin Jackson, who scored a run while going 3-for-5.

American Leadership Academy-Johnston's victory bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Village Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 10-5.