The Blackman Blaze will challenge the Centennial Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Blackman is headed in fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Summit on Friday as they made off with a 10-3 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Blaze needed considering they were shut out in their previous contest.
Jackson Parnell looked comfortable as he tossed 3.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Blackman is 2-1 when Parnell allows one or fewer earned runs, but 1-2 otherwise.
Max Wilcox
| 03/06/26 vs Summit | 6 |
| 05/17/25 vs Cleveland | 3 |
| 05/16/25 vs Cleveland | 2 |
| 03/25/25 vs Glenbrook South | 2 |
| 04/16/25 vs Oakland | 1 |
On the hitting side, Max Wilcox was incredible, getting on base in four of his five plate appearances with one home run, six RBI, and two runs. Those six RBI gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Daffy Norment, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and one RBI.
Blackman always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .550. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Centennial entered their tilt with Clarksville Academy on Monday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past Clarksville Academy 21-3. The game marked Centennial's most dominant victory of the season so far.
The win got Blackman back to even at 3-3. As for Centennial, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
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