Baseball Recap: Central Florida Christian Academy Triumphs

Central Florida Christian Academy owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Monday. They walked away with a 5-0 win over the First Baptist Christian Academy Crusaders. This was a revenge game for the Eagles: when they faced off against the Crusaders back in February, they had to take a 5-4 loss.

Casey Nipper made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowed only one hit while striking out 16 over six innings pitched. He is becoming a predictor of Central Florida Christian Academy's success: when he posts at least eight strikeouts the team is 2-1 (and 2-4 when he doesn't). Nipper was also big at the plate, scoring a run and stealing two bases while going 3-for-4. He has been hot, having posted two or more stolen bases the last five times he's played.

Andy Headley

Runs

03/06/25 vs Halifax Academy	3
03/03/25 @ Pahokee	3
02/13/25 @ Peniel Baptist Academy	3
03/24/25 @ First Baptist Christian Academy	2
02/17/25 vs Evans	2
+ 2 more games

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Andy Headley, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 1-for-3. He has become a key player for Central Florida Christian Academy: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 0-4 otherwise. Vax Vouriotis was another key player, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.

Central Florida Christian Academy's record now sits at 4-5. As for First Baptist Christian Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.

Coming up, Central Florida Christian Academy will take on Ruskin Christian at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for First Baptist Christian Academy, they will square off against Warner Christian Academy at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Warner Christian Academy has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 16.8 runs per game on average), something First Baptist Christian Academy will no doubt try to take advantage of.