Baseball Recap: Make It Seven in a Row for Hanover Central

Wildcats

Margin (Wins)

04/22/25 @ Highland	15
05/10/25 @ New Prairie	11
05/06/25 @ Munster	11
04/19/25 vs Mooresville	11
04/21/25 vs Highland	10

Hanover Central extended their winning streak to seven on Saturday, bumping their season record up to 18-4 in the process. They were the clear victors by a 12-3 margin over the Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory Braves. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 contests by six runs or more this season.

Matt Cook tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.1 innings while giving up three earned runs off four hits. Those eight strikeouts gave him a new career-high.

At the plate, Hanover Central let Caiden Verrett and Anthony Rayski run wild. Verrett got on base in three of his four plate appearances with three stolen bases, three runs, and one double, while Rayski went 2-for-3 with two runs, one triple, and two RBI. That's the most hits Rayski has posted since back in April. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Sarkey, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one double.

Hanover Central was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .419. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory only posted a batting average of .167.

As for Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-9. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest loss they have suffered since April 1st.

On Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nate Marcus, who went 1-for-2 with one run.

Coming up, Hanover Central will square off against Shakamak at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Heritage Christian at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.