Highlands Breaks Three Game Skid With Win Over Sheridan Hills

Highlands Christian had a lot of expectations heading into the 2025 season, among which were to win their first district title since 2017. Early on, the season hasn’t yet gone as planned, but that may have all changed on Tuesday night.

The Knights used a 14-hit attack, jumping on the Sharks with 10 runs in the first two innings, then cruising to a 19-3 win. The victory broke a three game losing streak for Highlands.

“Our team’s pitching was top notch tonight,” said Knights Manager Rodney Husey. “Our bats came alive, and our base-running was strong. We are really growing and learning as a team.”

On the mound to start the game for Highlands was Owen Bartoszweski. He threw the first 2.2 innings for the Knights, allowing no earned runs, while striking out four. He did not walk a batter.

While Bartoszweski was putting up zeroes through the first two frames, the offense came out of the gates strong.

In the first, Highlands scored three runs, two coming on am Aaron Lewis single, and the third coming around to score on a base hit off the bat of Phillip Cavalcante.

The bats went right back to work in the second, when the Knights sent 12 batter to the plate, and scored seven times. Back-to-back two-RBI doubles from Caleb Wahlers and Steven Perals were the big hits in the inning. Louis then hit an RBI double of his own, and a Wahlers single closed out the scoring in the seven run inning.

Sheridan Hills finally broke through on the scoreboard in the third, plating three runs. Several Knights errors led to the three runs, and that is something Highlands has been working hard to overcome.

“We are still working on reducing errors and increasing baseball acuity,” said Husey.

While the defense struiggled, the offense continued to poor it on with three runs in the third, and six more in the fourth to close out the game. Five of the nine Knights in the starting lineup had multiple hits, paced by Louis, who finished the night 3-for-3, with four runs and three RBIs. Cavalcante also drove in three runs.

Jacob Tullier had two hits, and scored four run, and Wahlers ended the day with two hits, two runs, and two RBIs.

“All in all, it was a good night and win, we are very proud of our boys tonight,” said Husey.

After starting the season with a win, and then dropping three straight, the Knights are back in the win column and sit at 2-3 on the young season.

As they head towards a break in their schedule, they will return to face Miami Country Day on March 7th, before a three game week versus Lake Worth Christian, Jupiter Christian, and Posnack.

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