After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Montverde Academy, Lake Minneola was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They came out on top against the Eustis Panthers by a score of 4-1. This was a revenge game for the Hawks: when they faced off against the Panthers back in February, they had to take a 2-1 loss.
Lake Minneola got a great performance from Jacob Cali as he struck out seven batters over five innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk). What's more, Cali gave up only one walk, the fewest he's had since back in February.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Chase Dougherty, who scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-4.
Lake Minneola is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to hits: they averaged an imposing 8.7 hits in those games compared to only 5.25 in the others. Eustis dropped their record down to 11-5 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Hawks
| 03/20/25 vs Eustis | 4 |
| 03/18/25 vs Montverde Academy | 5 |
| 03/14/25 vs Montverde Academy | 2 |
| 03/13/25 vs East Ridge | 7 |
| 03/11/25 vs Christ School | 5 |
| + 9 more games |
Lake Minneola and Eustis should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Florida Rankings. Lake Minneola (ranked 139th) will meet East Ridge (ranked 418th) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Lake Minneola 4.1, Eustis 3.6) so any runs scored will be well earned. Similarly, Eustis will square off against Tavares at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday up 344 places (99 vs. 443). Lake Minneola is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.2 runs per game this season.
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