The Fairview Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Hilton Head Christian Academy Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Fairview proved they can win big last Saturday (they won by ten) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Boulder 10-9. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Knights have posted since April 23, 2024.
The team relied heavily on Cooper Neumann, who went 3-for-4 with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. That home run was his first of the season. Asher Allen was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
Meanwhile, Hilton Head Christian Academy entered their tilt with Hilton Head Island last Wednesday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They skirted past the Seahawks 8-6.
Hayden Brooks was excellent, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in RBI (two). Another player making a difference was Chip Hetzel, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-3.
Hilton Head Christian Academy's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-2. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing ten hits in those games compared to only 4.33 in the others. As for Fairview, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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