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Illinois Valley Central Canton

Grey Ghosts

Little Giants

The Canton (IL) varsity softball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL) by a score of 3-1.

Game Details: Canton High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
IVCHS	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	-	-
Canton	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Illinois Valley Central (22-23)

Canton (22-23)

Illinois Valley Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.310	33	29	3	9	3	2
3	Nora Connett (So)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
4	Alaina Creamer (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	1
5	Abby Bazyn (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
11	Grace Best (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
15	C. Gillette (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
17	Leah Sullivan (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
25	Olivia Allen (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
32	Katie Petran (Sr)	.500	4	2	2	1	0	1
44	Brooklyn Smith (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0

Canton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.048	22	21	1	1	1
1	Alexis Shaw	.000	2	2	0	0	0
3	Lily Gilles	.000	2	2	0	0	0
4	Anna Courtney	.000	1	1	0	0	0
8	Averi Smith	.000	3	2	0	0	1
11	Ryleigh Mills	.000	1	1	0	0	0
13	Jena Goforth	.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Alissa Turner	.000	3	3	0	0	0
20	Rylee Murphy	.000	2	2	0	0	0
22	Abby Spencer	.000	2	2	0	0	0
23	Jaiden Walters	.333	3	3	1	1	0

Illinois Valley Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	3	2	3	9	.375	.379	.754
3	Nora Connett (So)	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
4	Alaina Creamer (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	3	.250	.500	.750
5	Abby Bazyn (So)	0	0	0	0	2	3	.250	.250	.500
11	Grace Best (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
15	C. Gillette (So)	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
17	Leah Sullivan (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
25	Olivia Allen (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
32	Katie Petran (Sr)	0	2	0	0	0	2	.750	1.000	1.750
44	Brooklyn Smith (Jr)	0	0	2	0	1	6	.250	.250	.500

Canton

#	Athlete Name	SF	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	16	0	.045	.047	.093
1	Alexis Shaw	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Lily Gilles	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Anna Courtney	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
8	Averi Smith	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000
11	Ryleigh Mills	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Jena Goforth	0	3	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Alissa Turner	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000
20	Rylee Murphy	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
22	Abby Spencer	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
23	Jaiden Walters	0	1	0	.333	.333	.666

Illinois Valley Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
32	Katie Petran (Sr)	1

Baserunning

Canton has not entered any baserunning stats.

Illinois Valley Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.955	22	21	1
3	Nora Connett (So)	1.000	1	1	0
4	Alaina Creamer (Sr)	1.000	16	16	0
5	Abby Bazyn (So)	1.000	1	1	0
17	Leah Sullivan (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
25	Olivia Allen (Jr)	.500	2	1	1
44	Brooklyn Smith (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0

Canton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.875	32	21	7	4	1
1	Alexis Shaw	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
3	Lily Gilles	1.000	8	5	3	0	1
4	Anna Courtney	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
8	Averi Smith	.667	3	2	0	1	0
13	Jena Goforth	1.000	2	0	2	0	0
15	Alissa Turner	1.000	5	4	1	0	1
20	Rylee Murphy	.800	5	4	0	1	0
23	Jaiden Walters	.667	3	2	0	1	0
25	Ryleigh Watson	.500	2	1	0	1	0

Illinois Valley Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
32	Katie Petran (Sr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Canton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1	.000	1
22	Abby Spencer	0.00	0		1
25	Ryleigh Watson	1.40	1	.000	1

Illinois Valley Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	1	1	0	0	16			0	22	22
32	Katie Petran (Sr)	7	1	1	0	0	16			0	22	22

Canton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	9	3	1	3	3	33	30
22	Abby Spencer	2	2	0	0	1	0	9	8
25	Ryleigh Watson	5	7	3	1	2	3	24	22

Illinois Valley Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.045	.045	0	0			95
32	Katie Petran (Sr)	.045	.045	0	0			95

Canton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.300	.364	107
22	Abby Spencer	.250	.333	21
25	Ryleigh Watson	.318	.375	86

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Illinois Valley Central holds off Canton

April 28, 2023: Canton, IL 61520

Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts (Chillicothe, IL) backers exited the stadium thrilled Friday as they saw their softball squad nip the host Canton Little Giants (Canton, IL), 3-1 in a non-league challenge.

The Grey Ghosts now own a 11-5 record. They take the field next when they host Rantoul for a Illini Prairie challenge on Saturday, April 29. Illinois Valley Central will face a Eagles squad coming off a 6-3 non-league win over Danville (Danville, IL). The Eagles record now stands at 7-8.

With the loss, Canton falls to 7-10 on the campaign. The Little giants travel to Washington (Washington, IL) to face the Panthers in a Mid-Illini challenge on Wednesday, May 3. The Panthers enter the challenge with a record of 12-5.

Rankings & Records

Illinois Valley Central (22-23)

IL	Class
124	36

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-8	6-3	8-4	10-3	0-1	.692	.667	162	79

Canton (22-23)

IL	Class
225	65

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
8-16-1	3-10	4-9	2-7-1	2-0	.340	.231	107	123

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Illinois Valley Central	1.2	1.0	.7	.5	1.4	1.2	.5	0	1.0	0	1.0	6.2	7.0	2.2
Canton	.9	.8	.8	.7	1.0	.3	.3	-	-	-	-	4.3	8.0	.8

Team Stat Comparison

Illinois Valley Central		Canton
.273	Batting Average	.234
.385	On Base Percentage	.277
.399	Slugging Percentage	.314
.922	Fielding Percentage	.928
.720	Win Loss Percentage	.200

Team Leaders

Illinois Valley Central		Canton	National Avg.
#4 Alaina Creamer.447	Batting Average	#21 Allison Wheeler.500	.286
#18 Mary Zerfass1.000	On Base Percentage	#21 Allison Wheeler.500	.394
#32 Katie Petran.861	Slugging Percentage	#2 Brooklyn Dennis.666	.388
#10 Teagan Fleming1.000	Fielding Percentage	#16 Gracie Chisum1.000	.833
#16 Alivia Houser.750	Win Loss Percentage	#24 Tori Birch.429	.575

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Illinois Valley Central	1-1		Canton	1-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/15/23	Illinois Valley Central	Limestone	(L) 1-0	4/10/23	Limestone	Canton	(W) 6-5
				4/25/23	Canton	Limestone	(L) 5-4
4/3/23	Illinois Valley Central	Dunlap	(W) 1-0	4/13/23	Canton	Dunlap	(L) 9-1
				5/9/23	Dunlap	Canton	(L) 5-3

Record Breakdown

Illinois Valley Central (22-23)		Canton (22-23)
18-8	Overall	8-16-1
6-3	League	3-10
11-4	Non-League	3-5-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-1	Common Opponent	1-3
8-4	Home	4-9
10-3	Away	2-7-1
0-1	Neutral	2-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
18-8	In-State	8-16-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0