Our school’s baseball program has shown its strength and resilience repeatedly as it enters the playoff season.

The War Eagles have won ten straight games with a record of 25 wins and only 4 losses and are ranked third in the 4A division heading into their first playoff game against Benedictine on April 23. 

With a 17-2 landslide victory over North Springs on April 17, Marist baseball strides into the playoffs on a hot streak.

Led by team captains and Wofford commits Noah Gerrick and Jack Euart, the War Eagles have not lost a game since March.

This success has not been without hardship. The program has had to navigate slumps and dry spells earlier in the season, losing tough games to powerful division rivals North Oconee and St. Pius X. These War Eagles, however, did not become discouraged.

Junior Colton Walker said he believed that the team’s later success was inspired by these setbacks. “Our biggest achievement so far has been turning it around after the Pius loss and winning out, beating some of the best teams in the state,” Walker said.

It is important for the team to move into the playoffs with confidence and focus, added Walker. “The attitude for the playoffs is confidence and trust in our preparation,” he said. “We don’t want to get caught up in the future or what could be.”