Baseball Game Preview: Campbell County Cougars vs. Knoxville Central Bobcats

Campbell County hasn't had much luck against Knoxville Central recently, but that could start to change on Monday. A feisty cat fight will be fought as Campbell County Cougars face off against Knoxville Central Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. Campbell County is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.8 runs per game this season.

Knoxville Central will be up against a hot Campbell County squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Campbell County never let Hancock County get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory on Saturday. Considering the Cougars have won three contests by more than nine runs this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

Caden Idles

Runs

03/22/25 vs Hancock County	2
03/20/25 vs Van Buren County	2
03/14/25 vs Morristown-Hamblen East	2
03/07/25 vs Austin-East	2
03/21/25 vs Apostolic Christian Academy	1
+ 1 more games

Campbell County let Caden Idles and Rylan Rice run wild. Idles went 3-for-4 with two runs, one triple, and one RBI, while Rice scored two runs while going 2-for-4. Idles has become a key player for Campbell County: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-3 otherwise. Koalton Cupp was another key player, scoring two runs while going 2-for-3.

Campbell County was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .481. They are a perfect 3-0 when they post a batting average of .375 or better.

Meanwhile, Knoxville Central came up short against Lincoln on Thursday and fell 6-2.

Campbell County's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-4. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 10.33 hits in those games compared to only 5.6 in the others. As for Knoxville Central, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.

Campbell County suffered a grim 15-0 defeat to Knoxville Central when the teams last played back in March of 2024. Can Campbell County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.