Baseball Recap: Make It Three in a Row for Chatham Central

Bears

Margin (Wins)

03/10/26 @ South Davidson	16
04/09/26 vs Southern Wake Academy	11
04/06/26 @ North Moore	11
03/23/26 vs Lee Christian	10
03/13/26 vs South Davidson	10

Chatham Central extended their winning streak to three on Thursday, bumping them up to 8-6. They blew past the Southern Wake Academy Lions 12-1. Considering the Bears have won six matchups by more than eight runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

Brett Phillips was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three runs, two RBI, and one double. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. Vance Edwards also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

Chatham Central was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .522. They are a perfect 5-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

As for Southern Wake Academy, they are on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, they couldn't push the score so high this time.

On Southern Wake Academy's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jay Hancock, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base and one run.

Coming up, Chatham Central will take on South Stokes at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The Bears' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Sauras have averaged an impressive 8 runs per game this season. As for Southern Wake Academy, they will be playing at home against Chatham Charter at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.