Oak Forest Academy is ranked highly in their home state and on Wednesday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Purvis. Everything went the Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets' way against the Purvis Tornadoes as the Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets made off with a 10-2 win. Fans of the Yellowjackets have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Brody Thomas looked comfortable as he tossed three innings while giving up no earned runs off three hits. Those hits were his first of the season.
On the hitting side, Keegan Kelsey was incredible, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3. Brant Liuzza was another key player, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-3.
Oak Forest Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Purvis only posted a batting average of .227.
Yellowjackets
| 03/12/25 vs Purvis | 10-2 |
| 03/08/25 vs Washington | 12-0 |
| 03/08/25 vs Booker T. Washington | 9-1 |
| 03/07/25 vs Simpson Academy | 10-0 |
| 02/25/25 vs Pearl River Central | 12-2 |
| 02/18/25 vs Christian Home Educators Fellowship | 12-2 |
The victory keeps them at an undefeated 6-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 9.7 runs. As for Purvis, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-3.
Looking ahead, Oak Forest Academy will be taking part in a tournament against Lafayette at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lafayette 4.1, Oak Forest Academy 1.2) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Purvis, they will challenge Tri-County Academy at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Tri-County Academy will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Purvis surely won't give up without a fight.
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