Panthers
| 09/23/25 vs Terrell Academy | 4 |
| 09/18/25 vs Deerfield-Windsor | 14 |
| 09/16/25 vs Valwood | 6 |
| 09/11/25 @ Brookwood | 12 |
| 09/04/25 @ Terrell Academy | 7 |
| + 6 more games |
The Tiftarea Academy Panthers will square off against the Citizens Christian Academy Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tiftarea Academy is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.5 runs per game this season.
On Tuesday, Tiftarea Academy didn't have quite enough to beat Terrell Academy and fell 5-4.
Summer Gray was huge no matter where she played even without the win. She tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Gray was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of her four plate appearances with one run and one double.
Gray wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Coley Beth Croft, who went 1-for-4 with one run, one double, and one RBI.
Meanwhile, Citizens Christian Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their 12-game winning streak on Tuesday. They came up short against Wayne County, falling 10-1. The Patriots were red-hot at the plate heading into the matchup (they scored no less than ten runs in the three games prior), but the Yellow Jackets' pitchers proved too tough.
Citizens Christian Academy's loss dropped their record down to 15-4. As for Tiftarea Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
Citizens Christian Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them on Thursday. Tiftarea Academy has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 10.5 strikeouts per game. It's a different story for Citizens Christian Academy, though, as they've been averaging only 3.8 strikeouts. Will Tiftarea Academy keep running through batters, or will the Patriots buck the trend?
Tiftarea Academy took their win against Citizens Christian Academy in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 12-0 score. Do the Panthers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Patriots turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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