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Like any great catcher, everything comes down to quick reflexes and vision for Henry Tutera ’28. 

You name it, he does it at a high level – whether blocking wild pitches, savagely putting the barrel of the bat on the ball, or throwing out baserunners. 

Conference championships were largely won this spring because of their steady influence and play in key positions. 

Jameson Dow '27 (lacrosse) and Henry Tutera '28 (baseball) filled very similar roles in very different sports. They have been named to NCISAA all-state teams. 

Bourne Field can become a hitter’s dream and pitcher’s worst nightmare on a windy day. 51���� was the only baseball team testing the dimensions of its ballpark Tuesday.  

Four different players homered – Will Ray ‘27, Cade Graning ‘26, Patrick Robichaud ‘27, and Jack Ray ‘26 in that order – and the Greenies bombed visiting Charlotte Country Day out of the first round of the NCISAA 4-A state playoffs, 10-2.  

Sidewinder Alex Cocklin ‘27 came in late Tuesday to shut the door on Rabun Gap (Ga.). 

Even with the bases loaded, Alex kept deceiving the Eagles with his motion and location until the very end, earning a save with three strikeouts in the seventh inning. 

Alex and two other pitchers limited Rabun Gap to four hits and 51���� managed all but one of its runs in the first three innings of a 6-4 win that clinches at least a share of the Carolinas Athletic Association championship.

A Spring Family Weekend gem worth revisiting. 

Patrick Robichaud ’27 throws hard, and he threw well throughout Saturday’s 6-1 win over visiting Charlotte Latin. 

High Point University’s Sportsman of the Year?

We know him!

The HPU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voted for Mac Kimel ’22 to receive its annual sportsmanship award during Monday night’s Pawscars Awards Ceremony. 

Every senior wants a signature moment from their final high school season. 

For 51���� second baseman Cade Graning ’26, there was no better time for his first home run of the year than Tuesday with the bases loaded. 

The Wichita Wind Surge is a name that rolls right off the tongue. 

Minor league baseball teams are undefeated when it comes to quirky mascots and William Fleming ’17 has a new organization for his sixth season of professional baseball. 

SWANNANOA – Nineteen unanswered runs will break open any and every game. 

It was close until it wasn’t Tuesday at Asheville Christian Academy – Patrick Robichaud ’27 and Henry Tutera ’28 each drove in four runs and doubled twice, while Will Ray ’27 and TK Wright ’27 matched them with three hits in 51���� varsity baseball’s 22-3 road win. 

MATTHEWS – The first cut may be the deepest, but it was the last ones from 51���� varsity baseball’s lineup that stung Covenant Day the most Friday night. 

What looked like an apparent save situation for the Greenies after six innings morphed into a runaway 12-2 road win.  

GULF SHORES, Ala. — A sojourn to Alabama has been good for the boys. 

51���� varsity baseball improved to 3-0 in the Gulf Coast Classic tournament with today's 13-1 mercy rule win over previously undefeated Mineral Wells (8-1) from Texas. 

Confidence can work wonders, from the top to the bottom of a lineup. 

No. 9 hitter TK Wright came through Friday in the perfect spot for him – the junior’s third hit and second RBI of the night was a walkoff single in the bottom of the eighth inning. 

LINCOLNTON – 51���� varsity baseball still needs to find some middle ground, between winning big and losing close games. 

Not that one half of that dilemma is ever a problem. 

CONCORD – Ending a game early on a night like Monday puts the “mercy” in the mercy rule. 

Varsity baseball made a chilly, but successful trip to Cannon School for its 2026 season opener. 

Congratulations to Garin Gosnell ’28, who will represent Western North Carolina’s Region 8 in the BODYARMOR State Games of North Carolina baseball showcase which is June 16-20 in Greensboro. 

Jonathan Reece ’25 went out the way every senior hopes to, in more ways than one. 

51����’s catcher was 3-for-3 with a solo home run Thursday in his final home game, a 9-4 win over St. Joseph’s Catholic (S.C.). 

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Optimism is warranted for the future of 51���� baseball, evidenced by 11 wins and counting for the JV Greenies. 

 Zach Byrd ‘28 was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs and Pablo Neme ‘27 went 2-3 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs in Monday’s 11-2 win at the Greenville (S.C.) Hurricanes.

Baseball is the oldest sport at 51����. Historical records show that a team came together quickly after the official opening of school on September 30, 1901. Three weeks to be exact, even though there were only 20 students at the time. 

And in all these years since, something happened Wednesday for the first time or one of the few times ever.

Back-to-back wins have momentum on the right side as 51���� varsity baseball prepares to reenter NCISAA play. 

Will Ray ’27 perfectly set the tone Thursday with a leadoff double and the Greenies went on to hammer visiting Hayesville, 13-1. 

CANDLER – Tuesday night’s season opener for 51���� varsity baseball only went four innings, more than enough for the team to wear out the basepaths at Bob Lewis Ballpark.  

Garin Gosnell ‘28, Corbin Spilliards ‘27, and Henry Tutera ‘28 had three RBIs apiece in a 21-1 mercy rule win over the Asheville Trailblazers.