Baseball Recap: Newton Wins Going Away Against Heritage

Rams

Margin (Wins)

02/15/25 @ Eastside	15
02/15/25 @ Alcovy	15
02/28/25 @ Heritage	11
02/26/25 vs Heritage	6
02/22/25 @ Mary Persons	6

While Newton didn't have the best season last year (they finished 13-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on the Heritage Patriots with a sharp 15-4 victory on Friday. Considering the Rams have won five games by more than five runs this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.

Dare'On Adkins made a splash while hitting and pitching. He kept things locked down with no earned runs or hits over four innings pitched. Adkins was also solid in the batter's box, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.

In other batting news, Newton let Jayce Yearwood and Kris Ross run wild. Yearwood scored two runs and stole a base while going 3-for-4, while Ross scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Ross has been hot recently, having also posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Chris Guillory, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-3.

The win made it two in a row for Newton and bumps their season record up to 6-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 8.5 runs. As for Heritage, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-3 record this season.

Newton will challenge Fellowship Christian at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (Fellowship Christian: 3, Newton: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Heritage, they will square off against Salem at 5:55 p.m. on Monday.