The North Raleigh Christian Academy Knights will face off against the High Point Christian Academy Cougars at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Friday, North Raleigh Christian Academy made easy work of Greenfield and carried off a 14-8 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for North Raleigh Christian Academy.
Jackson Rowlands
| 02/28/25 @ Greenfield | 4 |
| 04/26/24 vs Durham Academy | 2 |
| 04/19/24 @ Ravenscroft | 2 |
| 04/18/24 vs Ravenscroft | 2 |
| 04/16/24 @ Ravenscroft | 2 |
Jackson Rowlands made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. Rowlands was even better at the plate, scoring two runs while going 4-for-4. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in hits (four).
In other batting news, Banks Woody and Liam Ward did most of the damage at the plate: Woody got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run and three RBI, while Ward went 1-for-3 with one home run, three RBI, and two runs. That's the most RBI Woody has posted since back in March of 2024. Another player making a difference was Trent Baker, who scored two runs while going 2-for-4.
North Raleigh Christian Academy was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .382. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Greenfield only posted a batting average of .115.
Meanwhile, High Point Christian Academy gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. Everything went their way against Concord Academy as High Point Christian Academy made off with an 11-1 win. The Cougars haven't had any issues with the Eagles recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
HUNTER KELLEY led a balanced Cougars bullpen and tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
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