The Royal Highlanders will face off against the Foothill Tech Dragons at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Royal's pitching crew heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. Everything went their way against Canyon as Royal made off with a 9-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Highlanders have posted since April 3, 2024.
Dean Barkman
| 02/22/25 vs Canyon | 10 |
| 03/16/24 @ Temple City | 7 |
| 02/24/24 vs Saugus | 5 |
| 03/28/24 @ Ontario Christian | 4 |
| 02/14/24 @ Los Altos | 4 |
Dean Barkman tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only a hit while striking out ten over five innings pitched. Those ten strikeouts gave him a new career-high.
On the hitting side, Brady Hewitt was incredible, scoring three runs while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Charles Tarpley, who scored a run while going 1-for-1.
Meanwhile, Foothill Tech had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. They blew past Channel Islands 18-3. The Dragons have beaten the Raiders the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Raiders has come to flipping the script.
Shane White was a standout: he went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two doubles, and one run. Another player making a difference was Davin Arth, who went 3-for-5 with three runs, one triple, and one RBI.
Foothill Tech was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .410. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Channel Islands only posted a batting average of .241.
Royal now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Foothill Tech, they pushed their record up to 1-0 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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