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Richland County Benton

Tigers

Rangers

The Benton (IL) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Richland County (Olney, IL) by a score of 21-9.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Richland County	4	6	3	2	2	4	-	21	12	1
Benton	0	0	0	6	3	0	-	9	10	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Benton (24-25)

Richland County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.400	47	30	21	12	12	4	1
2	Nora Stevens (Jr)	.333	5	3	2	1	0	1	0
4	Clara Williams (So)	.250	6	4	0	1	0	0	0
5	Taylor Bloomer (Jr)	.600	5	5	3	3	4	1	0
6	Jaylen Gwyn (Fr)	.000	5	2	3	0	0	0	0
9	Kaitlin Kocher (So)	1.000	5	1	3	1	2	1	0
12	Allison Reed (Sr)	.000	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
17	Kennedy Knox (Jr)	.000	5	4	1	0	1	0	0
22	Miranda Dowty (So)	1.000	6	4	2	4	3	1	0
27	Stella Hines (Fr)		0	0	2	0	0	0	0
34	K. Seessengood (So)	.500	5	4	4	2	2	0	1

Benton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.429	33	28	9	12	9	6	2
0	M. Shelton (2026)	.500	3	2	1	1	2	1	0
1	L. Giacone (2025)	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	M. Webb (2025)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	2	0
6	A. Thomas (2027)	.500	4	4	0	2	1	1	0
7	M. Klus (2025)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	J. Webb (2027)	.500	4	4	1	2	3	1	1
12	Ellie Price (Fr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	T. Ray-McGuire (2027)	.667	4	3	1	2	0	0	1
14	Bella Miller		1	0	1	0	0	0	0
24	McKenna Drew	1.000	3	3	2	3	2	1	0

Richland County

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	10	2	6	3	2	8	.596	.600	1.196
2	Nora Stevens (Jr)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	.600	.667	1.267
4	Clara Williams (So)	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	.500	.250	.750
5	Taylor Bloomer (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.600	.800	1.400
6	Jaylen Gwyn (Fr)	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	.600	.000	.600
9	Kaitlin Kocher (So)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
12	Allison Reed (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	.400	.000	.400
17	Kennedy Knox (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.000	.200
22	Miranda Dowty (So)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.833	1.250	2.083
34	K. Seessengood (So)	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.600	1.000	1.600

Benton

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	7	6	.515	.786	1.301
0	M. Shelton (2026)	1	0	2	.667	1.000	1.667
1	L. Giacone (2025)	2	2	2	.500	.000	.500
4	M. Webb (2025)	0	0	1	.500	1.000	1.500
6	A. Thomas (2027)	0	1	1	.500	.750	1.250
7	M. Klus (2025)	0	2	2	.000	.000	.000
11	J. Webb (2027)	0	1	3	.500	1.250	1.750
12	Ellie Price (Fr)	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
13	T. Ray-McGuire (2027)	1	0	1	.750	1.333	2.083
14	Bella Miller	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
24	McKenna Drew	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333

Richland County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
4	Clara Williams (So)	1
22	Miranda Dowty (So)	1
34	K. Seessengood (So)	3

Benton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
6	A. Thomas (2027)	1
11	J. Webb (2027)	1

Richland County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	18	6	1
2	Nora Stevens (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
4	Clara Williams (So)	1.000	7	6	1	0
5	Taylor Bloomer (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
6	Jaylen Gwyn (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
9	Kaitlin Kocher (So)	1.000	2	1	1	0
17	Kennedy Knox (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
22	Miranda Dowty (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
34	K. Seessengood (So)	1.000	3	1	2	0

Benton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.900	20	18	2
0	M. Shelton (2026)	1.000	1	1	0
3	Amelia Owens	1.000	1	1	0
4	M. Webb (2025)	.800	5	4	1
11	J. Webb (2027)	.875	8	7	1
13	T. Ray-McGuire (2027)	1.000	3	3	0
24	McKenna Drew	1.000	2	2	0

Richland County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	10.50	1	1.000	1
5	Taylor Bloomer (Jr)	0.00	1	1.000	1
6	Jaylen Gwyn (Fr)	31.50	0		1
24	Natalie Ochs (Fr)	12.60	0		1
33	A. McLaughlin (Fr)		0		1
34	K. Seessengood (So)	0.00	0		1

Benton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	16.33	1	.000	1
6	A. Thomas (2027)		0		1
12	Ellie Price (Fr)	17.77	0		1
14	Bella Miller	12.60	1	.000	1

Richland County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	10	9	9	5	7	33	28
5	Taylor Bloomer (Jr)	2	1	0	0	3	2	10	7
6	Jaylen Gwyn (Fr)	1.1	4	6	6	2	1	10	8
24	Natalie Ochs (Fr)	1.2	5	3	3	0	2	9	9
34	K. Seessengood (So)	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4

Benton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	15	21	14	10	2	1	47	31
12	Ellie Price (Fr)	4.1	10	11	11	7	1	1	30	22
14	Bella Miller	1.2	5	10	3	3	1	0	17	9

Richland County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.357	.455	1	131
5	Taylor Bloomer (Jr)	.143	.400	0	40
6	Jaylen Gwyn (Fr)	.500	.600	0	46
24	Natalie Ochs (Fr)	.556	.556	1	29
34	K. Seessengood (So)	.000	.000	0	16

Benton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.484	.660	6	6	152
12	Ellie Price (Fr)	.455	.600	1	1	95
14	Bella Miller	.556	.765	5	5	57

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Benton drops to Richland County

March 19, 2025: Benton, IL 62812

The Benton Rangers softball squad (Benton, IL), was routed 21-9 in Wednesday's non-league contest with the visiting Richland County Tigers (Olney, IL)

With the triumph, Richland County improves its record to 2-0 on the year. The Tigers travel to St. Anthony (Effingham, IL) to face the Bulldogs in a non-league contest on Tuesday, March 25. The Bulldogs enter the contest with a record of 1-1.

The Rangers now hold a 1-2 record. They play next when they host Zeigler-Royalton for a non-league contest on Saturday, March 22. Benton will clash with a Tornadoes squad coming off a 6-0 non-league loss to Marion (Marion, IL). The Tornadoes record now stands at 1-2.

RCHS @ Benton Softball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 19, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Benton (IL) varsity softball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Richland County (Olney, IL) by a score of 21-9.

Rankings & Records

Richland County (24-25)

IL	Class
154	44

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-11	3-4	6-2	9-7	1-2	.593	.429	196	165

Benton (24-25)

IL	Class
281	79

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-15	4-5	11-8	5-7	.516	.444	250	247

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Richland County	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.3	.9	1.3	0	7.3	8.6	1.6
Benton	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.0	1.2	.8	.9	3.0	8.1	10.4	1.6

Head-to-Head

Richland County won on 3/19/2025

3/19 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Richland County 4 6 3 2 2 4 - 21 12 1
Benton 0 0 0 6 3 0 - 9 10 6

The Richland County (Olney, IL) varsity softball team won Wednesday's away non-conference game against Benton (IL) by a score of 21-9.
Box score
Richland County won on 5/10/2025

5/10 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Richland County 0 0 0 2 4 0 - 6 3 0
Benton 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1

The Richland County (Olney, IL) varsity softball team won Saturday's away tournament game against Benton (IL) by a score of 6-2.
Box score

5/10 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Richland County	0	0	0	2	4	0	-	6	3	0
Benton	0	0	0	0	0	2	-	2	6	1

Team Stat Comparison

Richland County		Benton
.326	Batting Average	.411
.408	On Base Percentage	.507
.467	Slugging Percentage	.646
.936	Fielding Percentage	.922
.600	Win Loss Percentage	.632

Team Leaders

Richland County		Benton	National Avg.
#5 Taylor Bloomer.561	Batting Average	#4 Malia Webb (2025).512	.287
#5 Taylor Bloomer.591	On Base Percentage	#4 Malia Webb (2025).600	.406
#5 Taylor Bloomer.927	Slugging Percentage	#11 Jaycee Webb (2027).989	.393
#0 Marissa Mclaren1.000	Fielding Percentage	#5 Alexa Blades1.000	.829
#24 Natalie Ochs1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#9 Carlie James (2026)1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Richland County	2-2		Benton	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/15/25	Mt. Carmel	Richland County	(W) 11-1	5/21/25	Mt. Carmel	Benton	(L) 10-0
5/1/25	Richland County	Mt. Carmel	(L) 12-1
5/14/25	Richland County	Carmi-White County	(W) 5-4	3/28/25	Benton	Carmi-White County	(L) 7-6
6/3/25	Richland County	Centralia	(L) 4-0	3/26/25	Benton	Centralia	(L) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Richland County (24-25)		Benton (24-25)
16-11	Overall	16-15
3-4	League	4-5
7-5	Non-League	11-7
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-2	Common Opponent	0-3
6-2	Home	11-8
9-7	Away	5-7
1-2	Neutral	0-0
2-1	Playoff	0-1
16-11	In-State	16-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0