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McDowell Alexander Central

Titans

Cougars

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 10-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McDowell	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	1
Alexander Central	0	0	6	1	3	-	-	10	12	0

Final score provided by J. Watts.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Alexander Central bounces McDowell

April 14, 2026: Taylorsville, NC 28681

The Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) softball routed the visiting McDowell Titans (Marion, NC), 10-0 in Tuesday's league outing.

The Cougars now sport a 13-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Foard for a non-league outing on Thursday, April 16. Alexander Central will encounter a Tigers team coming off a 10-0 league win over Hickory (Hickory, NC). The Tigers record now stands at 10-5.

With the loss, McDowell moves to 8-7 on the season. The Titans travel to North Buncombe (Weaverville, NC) to encounter the Black Hawks in a non-league outing on Thursday, April 16. The Black Hawks come into the outing with a record of 11-1. North Buncombe won 11-0 in their recent league outing against A.C. Reynolds (Asheville, NC)

McDowell @ ACHS Softball Game Info

Tue., Apr. 14, 2026 @ 6p

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 10-0.

Rankings & Records

McDowell (25-26)

NC	Class
139	24

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-9	6-4	4-5	7-4	.550	.600	103	97

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
39	5

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-6	8-2	12-3	6-3	.750	.800	228	72

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
McDowell	1.4	.1	.6	.9	.8	.7	.9	.5	0	0	0	0	2.0	5.2	6.3	1.0
Alexander Central	2.4	1.3	1.3	2.2	1.6	1.2	1.0	.3	0	0	1.0	-	-	9.5	11.4	1.3

Head-to-Head

McDowell won last month

3/19 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E

ACHS 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 4
McDowell 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 5 8 1

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) in extra innings by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Alexander Central won last week

4/14 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

McDowell 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 1
ACHS 0 0 6 1 3 - - 10 12 0

The McDowell (Marion, NC) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 10-0.
Box score

3/19 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
ACHS	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4
McDowell	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5	8	1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McDowell	6-3		Alexander Central	8-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/13/26	South Caldwell	McDowell	(W) 8-6	3/27/26	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(L) 6-4
4/2/26	McDowell	South Caldwell	(L) 3-1	4/24/26	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(W) 17-13
3/20/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(L) 12-1	3/13/26	Alexander Central	St. Stephens	(W) 10-0
4/17/26	McDowell	St. Stephens	(W) 9-4	4/2/26	St. Stephens	Alexander Central	(W) 16-0
3/24/26	McDowell	Watauga	(W) 9-1	3/20/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 5-0
4/21/26	Watauga	McDowell	(L) 9-4	4/17/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 16-0
3/27/26	McDowell	Freedom	(W) 5-1	3/24/26	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 15-1
4/24/26	Freedom	McDowell	(W) 10-7	4/21/26	Freedom	Alexander Central	(W) 12-1
4/10/26	McDowell	Bandys	(W) 6-0	3/31/26	Bandys	Alexander Central	(W) 12-2

Record Breakdown

McDowell (25-26)		Alexander Central (25-26)
11-9	Overall	18-6
6-4	League	8-2
5-5	Non-League	10-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-3	Common Opponent	8-1
4-5	Home	12-3
7-4	Away	6-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
11-9	In-State	17-6
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0