Already winners this season, William Byron and Kyle Larson are the favorites to find Victory Lane at the one-mile track
David Mundee Reigning Class 3A state champion Houston Academy took the first step in games that matter most for defending their crown on Tuesday night.
People are also reading… “It is like I told our guys after the game, ‘It is a series for a reason. Winning game one is big, but at the same time you can’t throttle down and get satisfied because you have game two and possibly game three still ahead of you. You have to stay locked in the whole series.’”
The Raiders broke open a 2-1 game with their seven-run third and added a run each in the next two innings to win by the 10-run mercy rule in the fifth inning. Chase King led off with a walk on a 3-2 pitch, Harrison Milanowski reached on a fielding error and Faulk walked to load the bases. After a strikeout, Boyd singled in the shortstop hole, driving in King. Ty Morris followed with an RBI infield single as Knights’ second baseman Noah Miller made a diving stop but had no play anywhere.
An inning later, Eubanks earned a run-scoring double and Cam Dyer matched it in the fifth to seal up the Raider win. “My philosophy with a young team that you don’t know what you are going to get offensively day to day so you have to try and create momentum for them by at least showing you are being aggressive and you believe in them,” said Howard, noting the Raiders had four freshman and an eighth grader in the starting lineup.Grant Horne and Harrison Hicks had a single each for the two Northside Methodist hits.
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