Cherokee Trail owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Eaglecrest Raptors, sneaking past 1-0. The win continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Raptors: they've now won nine in a row.
Ethin Woltz
| 03/14/25 @ Eaglecrest | 7 |
| 03/28/24 vs Chatfield | 6 |
| 03/20/24 vs Boulder Creek | 6 |
| 03/11/25 vs Legend | 4 |
| 05/18/24 vs Rampart | 4 |
Ethin Woltz looked comfortable as he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits while striking out seven over four innings pitched. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in strikeouts.
On the hitting side, Cherokee Trail saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon McWilliams, who went 2-for-4 with one double. Those two hits gave McWilliams a new career-high.
Cherokee Trail now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Eaglecrest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Coming up, a feisty cat fight will be fought as Cherokee Trail Cougars challenge Boulder Creek Jaguars at 10:00 a.m. on Monday. As for Eaglecrest, they are taking a road trip to challenge Pueblo West at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eaglecrest is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
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