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Taylorville Meridian

Tornadoes

Hawks

The Meridian (Macon, IL) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Taylorville (IL) by a score of 18-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taylorville	2	0	2	0	1	-	-	5	7	7
Meridian	4	1	3	10	-	-	-	18	18	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Meridian (24-25)

Taylorville

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.350	23	20	5	7	5	1	4
1	Lily Harden (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	M. Siempelkamp (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	Hope Kietzman (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
9	Sophia Rogers (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
22	Livia Havera (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
24	K. Heimsness (Sr)	1.000	3	3	1	3	2	0	1
26	Grace Rogers (So)	1.000	3	3	3	3	2	1	2
27	P. DeMichael (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0	1
30	Cam Heberling (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0

Meridian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.562	36	32	18	18	16	1	2
1	Shelby Renfro	.667	4	3	2	2	3	0	0
2	Morgan Knierim	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0	0
3	Carly Pritchard	.000	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
4	J. Meisenhelter	.750	4	4	2	3	4	0	0
7	Madi Kapchinske	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0	0
8	Katelyn Clapp	.667	4	3	1	2	3	1	1
9	Hayley Hanson	.667	4	3	2	2	1	0	0
11	Emma Childers	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0	0
19	A. Schelling	.667	4	3	2	2	2	0	0
21	Layla Lucas	.333	3	3	2	1	0	0	1

Taylorville

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	6	1	5	.435	1.000	1.435
1	Lily Harden (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	M. Siempelkamp (So)	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	Hope Kietzman (So)	0	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000
9	Sophia Rogers (Sr)	1	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
22	Livia Havera (Sr)	1	1	0	0	.333	.000	.333
24	K. Heimsness (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
26	Grace Rogers (So)	0	0	0	0	1.000	3.333	4.333
27	P. DeMichael (Jr)	1	1	0	0	.667	2.000	2.667
30	Cam Heberling (So)	0	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	2	1	3	1	6	.600	.719	1.319
1	Shelby Renfro	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.750	.667	1.417
2	Morgan Knierim	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
3	Carly Pritchard	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	J. Meisenhelter	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.750	.750	1.500
7	Madi Kapchinske	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.500	.500	1.000
8	Katelyn Clapp	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.667	1.667	2.334
9	Hayley Hanson	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.750	.667	1.417
11	Emma Childers	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
19	A. Schelling	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.750	.667	1.417
21	Layla Lucas	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	1.000	1.333

Baserunning

Taylorville has not entered any baserunning stats.

Meridian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
4	J. Meisenhelter	1

Taylorville

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.731	26	12	7	7
1	Lily Harden (Sr)	.625	8	5	0	3
3	Hope Kietzman (So)	1.000	3	3	0	0
9	Sophia Rogers (Sr)	.000	3	0	0	3
22	Livia Havera (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
24	K. Heimsness (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
26	Grace Rogers (So)	1.000	3	1	2	0
27	P. DeMichael (Jr)	1.000	4	1	3	0

Meridian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.952	21	15	5	1
1	Shelby Renfro	1.000	3	1	2	0
2	Morgan Knierim	1.000	1	1	0	0
4	J. Meisenhelter	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	Madi Kapchinske	1.000	1	1	0	0
8	Katelyn Clapp	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	Hayley Hanson	1.000	8	6	2	0
11	Emma Childers	.500	2	0	1	1
21	Layla Lucas	1.000	3	3	0	0

Taylorville

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	21.00	0	1	.000	1				0
27	P. DeMichael (Jr)	21.00	0	1	.000	1				0

Meridian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	7.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
19	A. Schelling	7.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Taylorville

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	18	18	12	2	2			0	36	33
27	P. DeMichael (Jr)	4	18	18	12	2	2			0	36	33

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	7	5	5	2	6			4	23	21
19	A. Schelling	5	7	5	5	2	6			4	23	21

Taylorville

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.545	.583	1	1			83
27	P. DeMichael (Jr)	.545	.583	1	1			83

Meridian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.333	.391	0	0			74
19	A. Schelling	.333	.391	0	0			74

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Meridian bounces Taylorville

April 9, 2025: Macon, IL 62544

In Wednesday's non-league match, the host Meridian Hawks softball team scored a nice 18-5 victory over the Taylorville Tornadoes.

The Hawks (8-1) will now prepare for their match against Sangamon Valley/Tri-City (Niantic, IL). The Storm go into the non-league match with a 7-0 record. In their last match, Sangamon Valley/Tri-City gained a win over Argenta-Oreana (Argenta, IL), 1-0, in a non-league match.

In their next game, the Tornadoes battle the MacArthur Generals (Decatur, IL) in a non-league match, on Thursday, April 10. Taylorville will attempt to better on its 0-5 season record. The Generals go into the match with a 0-4 record after their 13-2 league loss to Normal University (Normal, IL).

Taylorville @ Meridian Softball Game Info

Wed., Apr. 9, 2025 @ 4:30p

Meridian Senior High School-Macon

The Meridian (Macon, IL) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Taylorville (IL) by a score of 18-5.

Rankings & Records

Taylorville (24-25)

IL	Class
489	110

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
3-24	0-10	3-13	0-11	.111	.000	100	277

Meridian (24-25)

IL	Class
140	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
26-7	10-0	14-2	11-3	1-2	.788	1.000	284	95

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Taylorville	.7	.4	.7	1.0	.1	.7	1.0	3.7	5.8	3.4
Meridian	2.0	1.2	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.0	.7	8.6	9.7	.8

Team Stat Comparison

Taylorville		Meridian
.245	Batting Average	.371
.319	On Base Percentage	.435
.321	Slugging Percentage	.510
.853	Fielding Percentage	.962
.111	Win Loss Percentage	.812

Team Leaders

Taylorville		Meridian	National Avg.
#27 Peyton DeMichael.500	Batting Average	#6 Reese Cramm1.000	.287
#32 Bella Esswein.571	On Base Percentage	#6 Reese Cramm1.000	.406
#26 Grace Rogers.680	Slugging Percentage	#6 Reese Cramm1.000	.393
#14 Mia Lyons.963	Fielding Percentage	#2 Morgan Knierim1.000	.829
#3 Hope Kietzman.333	Win Loss Percentage	#8 Katelyn Clapp1.000	.559

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taylorville	2-7		Meridian	10-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/26/25	Williamsville	Taylorville	(L) 11-0	5/12/25	Meridian	Williamsville	(W) 8-3
4/10/25	MacArthur	Taylorville	(W) 12-1	4/7/25	MacArthur	Meridian	(W) 15-0
4/14/25	Taylorville	Warrensburg-Latham	(L) 5-3	4/10/25	Meridian	Warrensburg-Latham	(W) 8-4
				4/30/25	Warrensburg-Latham	Meridian	(W) 11-1
4/16/25	Nokomis	Taylorville	(W) 7-6	5/15/25	Meridian	Nokomis	(W) 5-1
4/17/25	Pana	Taylorville	(L) 12-8	5/23/25	Pana	Meridian	(W) 4-1
5/13/25	Taylorville	Maroa-Forsyth	(L) 5-1	5/14/25	Maroa-Forsyth	Meridian	(W) 6-0
5/14/25	Shelbyville	Taylorville	(L) 14-4	4/21/25	Shelbyville	Meridian	(W) 19-3
				5/9/25	Meridian	Shelbyville	(W) 20-0
5/19/25	Taylorville	Charleston	(L) 13-0	3/22/25	Meridian	Charleston	(W) 6-2
5/19/25	Taylorville	Charleston	(L) 10-7

Record Breakdown

Taylorville (24-25)		Meridian (24-25)
3-24	Overall	26-7
0-10	League	10-0
3-13	Non-League	13-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-7	Common Opponent	10-0
3-13	Home	14-2
0-11	Away	11-3
0-0	Neutral	1-2
0-0	Playoff	1-1
3-24	In-State	26-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0