Baseball Recap: Blue Ridge Takes a Loss

After flying high against Eastern Mennonite on Friday, Blue Ridge came back down to earth. The Barons lost 23-8 to the Highland Hawks on Monday.

Obryan Bouchard

Runs

04/07/26 @ Hargrave Military Academy	3
04/20/26 @ Highland	2
04/17/26 vs Eastern Mennonite	2
04/13/26 vs Roanoke Catholic	2
03/25/26 vs Shenandoah Valley Academy	2

Obryan Bouchard was cooking despite his team's loss, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two runs and two RBI. He has become a key player for Blue Ridge: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two runs, but 1-5 otherwise.

Blue Ridge now has a losing record of 5-6. As for Highland, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 14-6.

Looking ahead, Blue Ridge will challenge Fishburne Military at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Barons' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Caissons have averaged an impressive 8.1 runs per game this season. As for Highland, they will take on St. Christopher's at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.