The Goodpasture Christian Cougars will challenge the Friendship Christian Commanders at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Goodpasture Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. They blew past Mount Juliet Christian Academy 14-1 on Tuesday. The Cougars not only won on Tuesday, but they posted their biggest win since April 30, 2024.
Hope Brown and Katelyn Bryant made a big impact while hitting and pitching. Throwing, Brown pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Meanwhile, Bryant tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. At bat, Brown scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-1, while Bryant scored a run while going 2-for-4. That stolen base marked the first that Brown snagged this season.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Brooklyn Jones, who scored four runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-3. What's more, she posted two RBI, the most she's had since back in March of 2024. Laura Beth Blessing was another key player, going 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one stolen base.
Meanwhile, while Friendship Christian put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Ezell-Harding Christian. The Commanders were the clear victors by a 10-0 margin over the Eagles. The result was nothing new for the Commanders, who have now won nine matches by eight runs or more so far this season.
Friendship Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.1 runs on average over those games. As for Goodpasture Christian, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-7.
Goodpasture Christian skirted past Friendship Christian 9-7 when the teams last played back in May of 2024. Do the Cougars have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Commanders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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