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Independence Vardaman

Wildcats

Rams

The Vardaman (MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 6-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	4	0
Vardaman	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	6	8	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Vardaman (24-25)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.120	32	25	5	3	4	1
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.000	4	2	0	0	1	0
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	.000	4	4	1	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
19	Dixon Ashe (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Colton Moncrief (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
21	Shawn McGee (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	1
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0

Vardaman

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.348	31	23	6	8	5	1
2	Gage Hubbard (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	0
3	Cooper Easley (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
5	Brady White (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0
8	Jack Moore (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
9	Grant Parker (So)	1.000	4	2	0	2	1	0
17	Taylen Carter (Fr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	1
23	Gatlin McGreger (Fr)	.000	3	2	1	0	1	0
25	Jack Tedder (So)	.000	3	1	2	0	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	8	1	1	1	6	.281	.160	.441
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.000	.250
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.000	.250
19	Dixon Ashe (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
20	Colton Moncrief (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	3	1	4	.500	.478	.978
2	Gage Hubbard (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	1.334
3	Cooper Easley (So)	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
5	Brady White (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.000	.250
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	0	1	2	0	0	.500	.333	.833
8	Jack Moore (So)	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
9	Grant Parker (So)	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
17	Taylen Carter (Fr)	0	1	1	0	2	.667	2.000	2.667
23	Gatlin McGreger (Fr)	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
25	Jack Tedder (So)	0	1	0	1	2	.667	.000	.667

Baserunning

Independence has not entered any baserunning stats.

Vardaman

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	2
8	Jack Moore (So)	2
25	Jack Tedder (So)	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.963	27	19	7	1
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	1.000	8	6	2	0

Vardaman

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	27	21	6
3	Cooper Easley (So)	1.000	2	1	1
5	Brady White (Sr)	1.000	4	2	2
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1
8	Jack Moore (So)	1.000	7	7	0
9	Grant Parker (So)	1.000	3	1	2
17	Taylen Carter (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0
22	Landon Love (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
25	Jack Tedder (So)	1.000	4	4	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	4.42	1
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	6.30	1
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	2.33	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)		1

Vardaman

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1	1.000	1
5	Brady White (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	5.83	0		1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.1	7	6	4	6	3	1	31	24
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	3.1	5	4	3	3	2	1	18	14
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	3	1	2	1	3	1	0	12	9
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	5	5	5	8	32	26
5	Brady White (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	3
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	6	4	5	5	4	7	28	23

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.292	.452	1	1	130	1	4
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.357	.500	1	1	73	1	1
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.111	.333	0	0	54	0	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	1.000	1.000	0	0	3	0	2

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK
	Team Totals	.154	.312	1	1	113	1
5	Brady White (Sr)	.000	.250	0	0	16	0
6	B. Hamilton (Sr)	.174	.321	1	1	97	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence edged by Vardaman

March 1, 2025: Vardaman, MS 38878

Vardaman Rams (Vardaman, MS) backers went home content Saturday as they witnessed their baseball team hold off the visiting Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS), 6-5 in a non-league challenge.

The Rams now own a 3-2 record. They take the field next when they host West Union for a 1A Region 4 challenge on Tuesday, March 4. Vardaman will clash with a Eagles team coming off a 7-6 non-league loss to Pine Grove (Ripley, MS). The Eagles record now stands at 1-1.

With the defeat, Independence drops to 3-3 on the year. The Wildcats host Senatobia (Senatobia, MS) to clash with the Warriors in a non-league challenge on Monday, March 3. The Warriors go into the challenge with a record of 4-3. Senatobia won 6-5 in their recent non-league challenge against Cleveland Central (Cleveland, MS)

Independence @ Vardaman Baseball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 1, 2025 @ 2p

The Vardaman (MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 6-5.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

MS	Class
211	23

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-12	8-0	9-3	7-8	2-1	.600	1.000	259	151

Vardaman (24-25)

MS	Class
159	14

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-8	9-2	9-3	9-5	.692	.818	247	138

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Independence	2.3	2.1	2.3	.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	-	-	8.6	6.2	2.2
Vardaman	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.0	1.5	.9	0	1.0	9.5	7.4	1.9

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Vardaman
.279	Batting Average	.293
.434	On Base Percentage	.459
.334	Slugging Percentage	.379
.900	Fielding Percentage	.932
-	Win Loss Percentage	.647

Team Leaders

Independence		Vardaman	National Avg.
#14 Dallas Stepp.365	Batting Average	#8 Jack Moore.418	.239
#45 DJ Mitchell.529	On Base Percentage	#8 Jack Moore.584	.379
#17 Miller Owens.429	Slugging Percentage	#5 Brady White.633	.302
#19 Dixon Ashe1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Tyler Hill1.000	.860
-	Win Loss Percentage	#12 Kinlynn McGreger1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	1-0		Vardaman	0-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
4/8/25	Independence	Bruce	(W) 6-1		3/22/25	Vardaman	Bruce	(L) 14-12

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Vardaman (24-25)
18-12	Overall	18-8
8-0	League	9-2
8-9	Non-League	7-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	0-1
9-3	Home	9-3
7-8	Away	9-5
2-1	Neutral	0-0
2-3	Playoff	2-2
16-11	In-State	18-8
2-1	Out-of-State	0-0