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The Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Laurel Christian (Laurel, MS) in extra innings by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Laurel Christian	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	11	0
NCA	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	6	5

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Laurel Christian (24-25)

Laurel Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.275	42	40	4	11	3	2
00	G. Blackwell (8th)	.600	5	5	1	3	0	0
6	Lily Shoemake (Fr)	.500	5	4	2	2	0	1
7	Avery Risher (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
11	Emma Risher (Jr)	.750	5	4	0	3	1	0
12	Leyla Rigby (So)	.200	5	5	0	1	0	0
23	Kalaia Moffett (Fr)	.000	5	5	0	0	0	0
24	B. Williamson (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
26	Bella Horn (8th)	.000	5	5	0	0	1	0
47	Addi Welborn (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	1

Laurel Christian

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	6	5	2	13	.286	.325	.611
00	G. Blackwell (8th)	0	0	0	0	1	1	.600	.600	1.200
6	Lily Shoemake (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	2	.600	.750	1.350
7	Avery Risher (Fr)	0	0	3	0	1	6	.000	.000	.000
11	Emma Risher (Jr)	1	0	0	1	0	1	.600	.750	1.350
12	Leyla Rigby (So)	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.400
23	Kalaia Moffett (Fr)	0	0	2	1	0	8	.000	.000	.000
24	B. Williamson (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
26	Bella Horn (8th)	0	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
47	Addi Welborn (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	4	.500	.750	1.250

Laurel Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
6	Lily Shoemake (Fr)	1

Laurel Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	33	27	6	1
00	G. Blackwell (8th)	1.000	1	0	1	0
6	Lily Shoemake (Fr)	1.000	4	1	3	0
7	Avery Risher (Fr)	1.000	7	7	0	1
11	Emma Risher (Jr)	1.000	15	15	0	0
12	Leyla Rigby (So)	1.000	1	0	1	0
23	Kalaia Moffett (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	B. Williamson (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
26	Bella Horn (8th)	1.000	3	2	1	1

Laurel Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.33	1	1.000	1
00	G. Blackwell (8th)	0.00	1	1.000	1
12	Leyla Rigby (So)	2.33	0		1

Laurel Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	9	6	3	3	3	15	36	33
00	G. Blackwell (8th)	3	2	0	0	0	3	11	11
12	Leyla Rigby (So)	6	4	2	2	3	12	25	22

Laurel Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.182	.250	133
00	G. Blackwell (8th)	.182	.182	35
12	Leyla Rigby (So)	.182	.280	98

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Newton County Academy (24-25)

Newton County Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Softball - Newton County Academy held off by Laurel Christian

September 5, 2024: Decatur, MS 39327

The Laurel Christian Lions got by the host Newton County Academy Generals softball squad by a count of 4-3 in Thursday's league challenge.

Next, the Lions meet the Sylva Bay Academy Saints (Bay Springs, MS) in a challenge, on Tuesday, September 10. Laurel Christian will attempt to upgrade on its 13-5 season record. The Saints go into the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 10-0 league loss to Laurel Christian (Laurel, MS).

The Generals (0-2) will now prepare for their challenge against Silliman Institute (Clinton, LA). The Wildcats go into the non-league challenge with a 0-2 record. In their last challenge, Silliman Institute was nudged by Oak Forest Academy (Amite, LA), 11-0, in a league challenge.

LCHS @ NCA Softball Game Info

Thu., Sep. 5, 2024 @ 6:30p

The Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Laurel Christian (Laurel, MS) in extra innings by a score of 4-3.

Rankings & Records

Laurel Christian (24-25)

National	MS
224	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
20-10	10-0	7-0	8-1	5-9	.667	1.000	209	83

Newton County Academy (24-25)

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
0-4	0-2	0-2	0-2	.000	.000	5	27

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Laurel Christian	1.7	1.5	1.2	.8	1.2	.6	.6	1.0	1.0	7.0	7.1	2.2
Newton County Academy	0	0	.5	0	.5	.5	0	1.0	0	1.3	4.5	4.5

Head-to-Head

Laurel Christian won on 8/15/2024

8/15 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

NCA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 4
Laurel Christian 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 1

The Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) varsity softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Laurel Christian (Laurel, MS) by a score of 3-1.
Box score
Laurel Christian won on 9/5/2024

9/5 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E

Laurel Christian 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 11 0
NCA 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 6 5

The Laurel Christian (Laurel, MS) varsity softball team won Thursday's away conference game against Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) in extra innings by a score of 4-3.
Box score

8/15 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4
Laurel Christian	2	0	0	0	0	1	-	3	7	1

Team Stat Comparison

Laurel Christian		Newton County Academy
.264	Batting Average	-
.365	On Base Percentage	-
.330	Slugging Percentage	-
.912	Fielding Percentage	-
.655	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Laurel Christian		Newton County Academy	National Avg.
#12 Leyla Rigby.438	Batting Average	-	.291
#5 Charlee Davis1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.412
#12 Leyla Rigby.640	Slugging Percentage	-	.395
#11 Emma Risher.989	Fielding Percentage	-	.812
#00 Gracie Blackwell.667	Win Loss Percentage	-	.526

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Laurel Christian	1-1		Newton County Academy	0-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
8/17/24	Wayne Academy	Laurel Christian	(L) 8-1		9/7/24	Wayne Academy	Newton County Academy
8/24/24	Wayne Academy	Laurel Christian	(W) 7-5

Record Breakdown

Laurel Christian (24-25)		Newton County Academy (24-25)
20-10	Overall	0-4
10-0	League	0-2
5-3	Non-League	0-2
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
1-1	Common Opponent	0-0
7-0	Home	0-2
8-1	Away	0-2
5-9	Neutral	0-0
4-4	Playoff	0-0
18-7	In-State	0-4
2-3	Out-of-State	0-0