The Hickory Christian Academy Knights will be playing in front of their home fans against the Statesville Christian Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hickory Christian Academy has seven straight wins, Statesville Christian has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Hickory Christian Academy will head into Tuesday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by six) but on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Salem Baptist Christian 3-1. Despite the win, that was the fewest runs Hickory Christian Academy has scored all season.
Hickory Christian Academy saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Caleb Friar, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Statesville Christian fell victim to a rough 11-1 defeat at the hands of Carolina Day on Tuesday.
Hickory Christian Academy's victory bumped their record up to 7-0. As for Statesville Christian, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything went Hickory Christian Academy's way against Statesville Christian in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Hickory Christian Academy made off with a 9-1 win. Will Hickory Christian Academy repeat their success, or does Statesville Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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