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The Sterling (IL) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Newman Central Catholic (Sterling, IL) by a score of 9-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCCHS	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	8	12	0
Sterling	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	0

Final score provided by C. Woodward.

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Game Stats

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)

Sterling (24-25)

Newman Central Catholic

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.400	35	30	8	12	7	2	1
2	Brenleigh Cook	.500	4	4	1	2	5	0	1
5	Lucy Oetting	1.000	3	3	2	3	0	1	0
9	Amiya Rodriguez	.667	4	3	2	2	1	1	0
14	Violet Anderson	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kaylee Benyo	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
25	C. Von Holten	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0
33	Veronica Haley	.500	4	4	1	2	0	0	0
45	Gianna Vance	.000	4	1	1	0	1	0	0
72	Anna Propheter	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0

Sterling

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.379	36	29	9	11	7	3	1
2	M. Birdsley	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lily Cantu	.500	4	4	1	2	3	0	1
5	Mya Lira	.500	4	2	0	1	2	1	0
6	Dasia Lewis	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
8	Marley Sechrest	.333	4	3	2	1	0	0	0
14	Rosie Cantu	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
16	Bree Taylor	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
19	Lily Martinez	.500	4	4	1	2	0	1	0
21	Kaity Taylor	.500	4	2	1	1	0	1	0
22	G. Gallardo	.500	4	2	2	1	0	0	0
25	Haley Janssen		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
29	Olivia Castillo	.500	2	2	0	1	2	0	0

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	3	18	.486	.567	1.053
2	Brenleigh Cook	0	0	5	.500	1.250	1.750
5	Lucy Oetting	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333
9	Amiya Rodriguez	1	0	2	.750	1.000	1.750
14	Violet Anderson	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
22	Kaylee Benyo	1	1	1	.500	.333	.833
25	C. Von Holten	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
33	Veronica Haley	0	1	1	.500	.500	1.000
45	Gianna Vance	3	0	2	.750	.000	.750
72	Anna Propheter	0	0	4	.250	.250	.500

Sterling

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	5	4	1	1	6	.457	.586	1.043
2	M. Birdsley	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
3	Lily Cantu	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	1.250	1.750
5	Mya Lira	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
6	Dasia Lewis	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.666
8	Marley Sechrest	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
14	Rosie Cantu	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
16	Bree Taylor	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
19	Lily Martinez	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
21	Kaity Taylor	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
22	G. Gallardo	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.750	.500	1.250
29	Olivia Castillo	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000

Newman Central Catholic

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
5	Lucy Oetting	1
9	Amiya Rodriguez	3
22	Kaylee Benyo	1
33	Veronica Haley	1

Baserunning

Sterling has not entered any baserunning stats.

Newman Central Catholic

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO
	Team Totals	1.000	20	20
2	Brenleigh Cook	1.000	4	4
5	Lucy Oetting	1.000	3	3
9	Amiya Rodriguez	1.000	1	1
22	Kaylee Benyo	1.000	4	4
25	C. Von Holten	1.000	1	1
33	Veronica Haley	1.000	1	1
45	Gianna Vance	1.000	2	2
72	Anna Propheter	1.000	4	4

Sterling

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.935	31	21	8	2	1
1	Grace Springman	.750	4	2	1	1	1
3	Lily Cantu	1.000	3	2	1	0	0
5	Mya Lira	1.000	5	2	3	0	0
8	Marley Sechrest	1.000	9	8	1	0	0
14	Rosie Cantu	1.000	4	2	2	0	1
16	Bree Taylor	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
19	Lily Martinez	.000	1	0	0	1	0
22	G. Gallardo	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
28	Cady Roush	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
29	Olivia Castillo	1.000	1	1	0	0	0

Newman Central Catholic

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.35		1	.000	1
45	Gianna Vance	7.35		1	.000	1

Sterling

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	5.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
19	Lily Martinez	5.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	11	9	7	7	3			1	36	29
45	Gianna Vance	6.2	11	9	7	7	3			1	36	29

Sterling

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	11	8	5	5	6			1	37	31
19	Lily Martinez	7	11	8	5	5	6			1	37	31

Newman Central Catholic

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.379	.500	0	0			119
45	Gianna Vance	.379	.500	0	0			119

Sterling

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.355	.459	2	1			124
19	Lily Martinez	.355	.459	2	1			124

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Sterling gets by Newman Central Catholic

March 18, 2025: Sterling, IL 61081

In Tuesday's non-league match, the host Sterling Golden Warriors softball team scored a tight 9-8 victory over the Newman Central Catholic Comets.

The Golden Warriors (1-0) will now prepare for their match against Freeport (Freeport, IL). The Pretzels go into the non-league match with a 0-1 record. In their last match, Freeport was nipped by Winnebago (Winnebago, IL), 13-2, in a non-league match.

In their next game, the Comets battle the St. Bede Bruins (Peru, IL) in a non-league match, on Wednesday, March 19. Newman Central Catholic will attempt to better on its 0-1 season record. The Bruins go into the match with a 2-0 record after their 13-1 league win over Dwight (Dwight, IL).

Players of the Game

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)

Congratulations to #2 Brenleigh Cook for being selected the Newman Central Catholic Softball Player of the Game.

Sterling (24-25)

Sterling has not selected any Players of the Game.

NCCHS @ Sterling Softball Game Info

Tue., Mar. 18, 2025 @ 4:30p

Sterling High School

The Sterling (IL) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Newman Central Catholic (Sterling, IL) by a score of 9-8.

Rankings & Records

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)

IL	Class
411	111

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-18	3-7	3-10	6-8	.333	.300	189	260

Sterling (24-25)

IL	Class
124	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
19-11	10-4	13-3	6-8	.633	.714	239	158

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Newman Central Catholic	1.6	.9	1.3	.8	.8	1.4	.8	7.0	7.7	3.2
Sterling	1.3	1.3	1.6	.8	1.4	1.8	1.0	8.0	8.5	2.0

Team Stat Comparison

Newman Central Catholic		Sterling
.290	Batting Average	.312
.372	On Base Percentage	.402
.401	Slugging Percentage	.438
.865	Fielding Percentage	.918
.308	Win Loss Percentage	.667

Team Leaders

Newman Central Catholic		Sterling	National Avg.
#45 Gianna Vance.448	Batting Average	#5 Mya Lira.484	.287
#45 Gianna Vance.542	On Base Percentage	#5 Mya Lira.545	.406
#45 Gianna Vance.806	Slugging Percentage	#11 Layla Wright.652	.393
#1 Chloe Behrens1.000	Fielding Percentage	#11 Layla Wright1.000	.829
#45 Gianna Vance.389	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Layla Wright1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newman Central Catholic	0-9		Sterling	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/25	Rockridge	Newman Central Catholic	(L) 14-0	4/16/25	Sterling	Rockridge	(L) 9-4
3/28/25	Newman Central Catholic	Morrison	(L) 7-0	3/20/25	Morrison	Sterling	(W) 5-4
4/4/25	Riverdale	Newman Central Catholic	(L) 12-1	3/28/25	Sterling	Riverdale	(L) 13-6
4/11/25	Newman Central Catholic	Orion	(L) 11-8	5/14/25	Sterling	Orion	(W) 14-5
4/14/25	Erie-Prophetstown	Newman Central Catholic	(L) 19-4	3/22/25	Erie-Prophetstown	Sterling	(W) 8-0
5/6/25	Newman Central Catholic	Erie-Prophetstown	(L) 8-2
5/2/25	Sherrard	Newman Central Catholic	(L) 16-6	3/26/25	Sherrard	Sterling	(L) 4-0
5/5/25	Kewanee	Newman Central Catholic	(L) 6-3	5/12/25	Kewanee	Sterling	(W) 3-0
5/8/25	Newman Central Catholic	Kewanee	(L) 13-0

Record Breakdown

Newman Central Catholic (24-25)		Sterling (24-25)
9-18	Overall	19-11
3-7	League	10-4
6-11	Non-League	8-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-9	Common Opponent	4-3
3-10	Home	13-3
6-8	Away	6-8
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	1-1
9-18	In-State	19-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0