Newberry Academy will head out on the road to take on the King Academy Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Newberry Academy can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Friday. They fell just short of Wardlaw Academy by a score of 4-3.
Newberry Academy saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Hudson Long, who scored a run and stole three bases while going 1-for-3. Thomas Mclean was another, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while getting on base in two of his three plate appearances.
Meanwhile, King Academy beat Laurens Academy 12-8 on Friday.
King Academy let Joshua Oswald and Joseph Morse run wild. Oswald scored two runs while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances, while Morse scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in both of his plate appearances. Those stolen bases marked the first that Morse snagged this season. Another player making a difference was Landell Anderson, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
Newberry Academy suffered a grim 11-0 defeat to King Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2021. Can Newberry Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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