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Western Branch Hickory

Bruins

Hawks

The Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) JV baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA) by a score of 8-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Western Branch	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	8	7	5
Hickory	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	5	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Western Branch (24-25)

Western Branch

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.226	41	31	8	7	5	1	1
2	Collin Staples	.000	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
5	Alexander Bien	.333	5	3	1	1	0	0	0
6	Josh Smith	.400	5	5	0	2	0	0	0
8	Nathan Jones	.000	5	3	1	0	0	0	0
14	Andy Barton	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Clay Phillips	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	Levi DeShazo	.000	4	3	2	0	0	0	0
22	Sam Drewry	.667	4	3	2	2	4	1	1
23	Owen Kincaid	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0	0
24	Nolan Holland	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
27	Sawyer James	.250	5	4	1	1	0	0	0

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	2	1	5	2	12	.415	.355	.770
2	Collin Staples	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
5	Alexander Bien	1	1	1	0	0	3	.600	.333	.933
6	Josh Smith	0	0	0	1	0	4	.400	.400	.800
8	Nathan Jones	2	0	0	0	1	3	.400	.000	.400
14	Andy Barton	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
15	Clay Phillips	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500
17	Levi DeShazo	1	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.000	.250
22	Sam Drewry	1	0	0	1	0	1	.750	2.000	2.750
23	Owen Kincaid	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
24	Nolan Holland	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000
27	Sawyer James	1	1	0	0	1	6	.400	.250	.650

Western Branch

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
4	Braiden Weaver	1

Western Branch

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.833	30	21	4	5
5	Alexander Bien	.750	4	1	2	1
6	Josh Smith	1.000	4	4	0	0
8	Nathan Jones	.500	2	0	1	1
14	Andy Barton	.333	3	1	0	2
21	Easton Klak	1.000	11	11	0	0
22	Sam Drewry	1.000	4	3	1	0
23	Owen Kincaid	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Nolan Holland	.000	1	0	0	1

Western Branch

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	1
8	Nathan Jones	1
10	Braden Stevens	1
24	Nolan Holland	1

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	6	6	11	36	30
8	Nathan Jones	2.2	3	6	4	2	18	14
10	Braden Stevens	1.1	1	0	1	4	7	6
24	Nolan Holland	3	1	0	1	5	11	10

Western Branch

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.167	.306	2	152
8	Nathan Jones	.214	.389	1	70
10	Braden Stevens	.167	.286	1	29
24	Nolan Holland	.100	.182	0	53

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Hickory (24-25)

Hickory has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Virginia High School Baseball - Western Branch edges Hickory

May 8, 2025: Chesapeake, VA 23322

The crowd at Thursday's non-league battle between the Western Branch Bruins (Chesapeake, VA) and the host Hickory Hawks (Chesapeake, VA), saw Western Branch's baseball team beat Hickory by a margin of 8-6.

The Bruins (11-3) will now prepare for their battle against Maury (Norfolk, VA). The Commodores enter the non-league battle with a 7-0 record.

Next, the Hawks face the Grassfield Grizzlies (Chesapeake, VA) in a non-league battle, on Monday, May 12. Hickory will attempt to improve on its 7-7 season record. The Grizzlies enter the battle with a 10-4 record after their 4-1 non-league win over Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach, VA).

WBHS @ Hickory Baseball Game Info

Thu., May. 8, 2025 @ 5:45p

The Hickory (Chesapeake, VA) JV baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Western Branch (Chesapeake, VA) by a score of 8-6.

Rankings & Records

Western Branch (24-25)

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
15-3	2-0	6-3	9-0	.833	1.000	183	54

Hickory (24-25)

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
11-8	1-1	7-5	4-3	.579	.500	199	83

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Western Branch	1.6	1.9	2.9	1.4	1.5	1.4	.4	0	1.0	10.2	9.1	1.7
Hickory	5.0	1.4	3.3	1.7	1.8	.3	0	-	-	10.5	10.0	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Western Branch		Hickory
.326	Batting Average	-
.484	On Base Percentage	-
.430	Slugging Percentage	-
.936	Fielding Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Western Branch		Hickory	National Avg.
#25 Luke Judy.545	Batting Average	-	.258
#10 Braden Stevens.750	On Base Percentage	-	.413
#25 Luke Judy.636	Slugging Percentage	-	.322
#10 Braden Stevens1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.848

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Western Branch	11-2		Hickory	6-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/25	Western Branch	Nansemond River	(W) 11-1	5/13/25	Hickory	Nansemond River
5/15/25	Nansemond River	Western Branch	(W) 15-5	5/19/25	Hickory	Nansemond River	(W) 8-0
3/27/25	Deep Creek	Western Branch	(W) 11-1	5/1/25	Deep Creek	Hickory	(W) 25-8
5/20/25	Western Branch	Deep Creek	(W) 4-1
4/1/25	Lakeland	Western Branch	(W) 10-0	5/6/25	Hickory	Lakeland	(L) 4-3
4/22/25	Western Branch	Lakeland	(W) 14-4
4/24/25	Great Bridge	Western Branch	(L) 6-2	4/10/25	Hickory	Great Bridge	(L) 4-1
				4/29/25	Great Bridge	Hickory	(L) 11-4
4/29/25	Indian River	Western Branch	(W) 12-7	4/2/25	Hickory	Indian River	(W) 15-2
				5/20/25	Indian River	Hickory	(W) 15-5
5/1/25	Grassfield	Western Branch	(L) 8-3	5/12/25	Hickory	Grassfield	(L) 5-4
				5/15/25	Grassfield	Hickory	(W) 6-5
5/3/25	Western Branch	Ocean Lakes	(W) 8-1	3/19/25	Ocean Lakes	Hickory	(L) 5-2
				3/19/25	Ocean Lakes	Hickory	(L) 5-2
5/6/25	Western Branch	King's Fork	(W) 29-1	4/24/25	King's Fork	Hickory	(W) 27-1
5/22/25	King's Fork	Western Branch	(W) 23-0
5/12/25	Maury	Western Branch	(W) 4-3	5/5/25	Maury	Hickory	(L) 7-4

Record Breakdown

Western Branch (24-25)		Hickory (24-25)
15-3	Overall	11-8
2-0	League	1-1
13-3	Non-League	10-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
11-2	Common Opponent	6-7
6-3	Home	7-5
9-0	Away	4-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
15-3	In-State	10-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0