Baseball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Junction City

Dragons

Margin (Wins)

04/14/26 @ Hampton	17
03/24/26 vs Claiborne Academy	13
03/17/26 @ Ouachita	11
04/17/26 @ Parkers Chapel	10
04/16/26 vs Bradley	10

Junction City had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 runs) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Parkers Chapel Trojans a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Dragons have won eight matchups by more than nine runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Not much got past Jaxon Temple, who gave up just six hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Parkers Chapel off the board. Temple also tossed a walk, which is notable because Junction City is 7-0-1 when he allows at most one walk, but 7-9 otherwise.

At the plate, Graden Hanry was excellent, going 2-for-3 with three RBI and one run. That's the most RBI he has posted since back in March. Another player making a difference was Nemo Caldwell, who got on base in two of his three plate appearances with two runs and one stolen base.

Junction City's record is now 14-9-1. As for Parkers Chapel, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.

Coming up, Junction City will venture away from home to take on Gurdon at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The Devils have struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 15.1 runs per game on average), something the Dragons will no doubt try to take advantage of. As for Parkers Chapel, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Woodlawn at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.