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The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against West Memphis Christian (West Memphis, AR) by a score of 7-5.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
WMCHS	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	8	1
Independence	1	2	0	1	1	2	-	7	5	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

West Memphis Christian (24-25)

Independence (24-25)

West Memphis Christian

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.172	35	29	5	5	2	1
3	Bobby Loyer (So)	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
4	JP Burrows (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
7	Drake Chaney (Fr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
8	Caleb Atkins (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	Carter Rhyne (Fr)	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0
11	Caleb Martin (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
12	Garren Cupples (Sr)	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
13	Deagan Davis (Jr)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	1
22	Cannon Morgan (Fr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
27	Eli Ford (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	1	0

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.208	35	24	7	5	5
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	1.000	4	2	0	2	1
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2	1
15	Austin Johnson (8th)		0	0	1	0	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0
19	Dixon Ashe (Fr)		0	0	2	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.000	4	2	0	0	1
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1

West Memphis Christian

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	9	1	5	9	.314	.207	.521
3	Bobby Loyer (So)	1	1	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
4	JP Burrows (Fr)	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.000	.000
7	Drake Chaney (Fr)	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.000	.250
8	Caleb Atkins (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
9	Carter Rhyne (Fr)	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
11	Caleb Martin (Jr)	0	1	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
12	Garren Cupples (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
13	Deagan Davis (Jr)	2	1	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
22	Cannon Morgan (Fr)	0	2	0	1	5	.000	.000	.000
27	Eli Ford (Jr)	1	1	0	2	3	.250	.000	.250

Independence

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	7	4	1	1	10	.429	.208	.637
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.750	.667	1.417
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.000	.250
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.500	.333	.833

West Memphis Christian

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
11	Caleb Martin (Jr)	1
27	Eli Ford (Jr)	1

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	1

West Memphis Christian

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.958	24	18	5	1
3	Bobby Loyer (So)	1.000	8	8	0	0
4	JP Burrows (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
7	Drake Chaney (Fr)	.667	3	1	1	1
11	Caleb Martin (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3	0
12	Garren Cupples (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
22	Cannon Morgan (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
27	Eli Ford (Jr)	1.000	7	6	1	0

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.929	28	21	5	2
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)	.667	3	1	1	1
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	1.000	11	10	1	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0

West Memphis Christian

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1
4	JP Burrows (Fr)	14.00	1
8	Caleb Atkins (Sr)	14.00	1
9	Carter Rhyne (Fr)		1
12	Garren Cupples (Sr)	1.75	1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	7.00	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	0.00	1
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0.00	1

West Memphis Christian

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	5	7	5	6	7	35	25
4	JP Burrows (Fr)	1	2	2	2	1	0	7	5
8	Caleb Atkins (Sr)	1	0	3	2	3	1	8	3
12	Garren Cupples (Sr)	4	3	2	1	2	6	20	17

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	8	5	2	5	9	35	29
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	2	4	2	2	2	1	11	9
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	2	3	3	0	0	3	10	10
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	3	1	0	0	3	5	14	10

West Memphis Christian

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.200	.429	2	4	130	1	2
4	JP Burrows (Fr)	.400	.571	0	1	29	0	0
8	Caleb Atkins (Sr)	.000	.625	0	2	25	1	0
12	Garren Cupples (Sr)	.176	.300	2	1	76	0	2

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.276	.400	1	1	134	2
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.444	.545	0	0	35	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.300	.300	0	0	38	1
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.100	.357	1	1	61	0

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - West Memphis Christian held off by Independence

February 14, 2025: Independence, MS 38618

The Independence Wildcats the visiting West Memphis Christian Black Knights baseball squad by a score of 7-5 in Friday's non-league outing.

Next up, the Wildcats battle the Winona Tigers (Winona, MS) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, February 18. Independence will attempt to advance on its 2-0 season record.

The Black Knights (0-1) will now prepare for their outing against Memphis Home Education Association (Memphis, TN). The come into the non-league outing with a 0-0 record.

WMCHS @ Independence Baseball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 14, 2025 @ 6p

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against West Memphis Christian (West Memphis, AR) by a score of 7-5.

Rankings & Records

West Memphis Christian (24-25)

AR
184

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-12	4-4	8-5	8-7	.571	.500	240	154

Independence (24-25)

MS	Class
211	23

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-12	8-0	9-3	7-8	2-1	.600	1.000	259	151

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Memphis Christian	2.5	1.6	2.3	1.2	.9	.5	1.3	8.6	6.8	2.9
Independence	2.3	2.1	2.3	.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	8.6	6.2	2.2

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 2/14/2025

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

WMCHS 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 8 1
Independence 1 2 0 1 1 2 - 7 5 2

The West Memphis Christian (West Memphis, AR) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 7-5.
Box score
Independence won on 3/22/2025

3/22 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence 0 0 3 0 7 - - 10 2 1
WMCHS 0 0 0 0 1 - - 1 1 7

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against West Memphis Christian (West Memphis, AR) by a score of 10-1.
Box score

3/22 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	3	0	7	-	-	10	2	1
WMCHS	0	0	0	0	1	-	-	1	1	7

Team Stat Comparison

West Memphis Christian		Independence
.291	Batting Average	.279
.454	On Base Percentage	.434
.381	Slugging Percentage	.334
.863	Fielding Percentage	.900

Team Leaders

West Memphis Christian		Independence	National Avg.
#2 Hoyt Foret1.000	Batting Average	#14 Dallas Stepp.365	.239
#2 Hoyt Foret1.000	On Base Percentage	#45 DJ Mitchell.529	.379
#2 Hoyt Foret1.000	Slugging Percentage	#17 Miller Owens.429	.302
#15 Cohen Rhyne1.000	Fielding Percentage	#19 Dixon Ashe1.000	.860

Record Breakdown

West Memphis Christian (24-25)		Independence (24-25)
16-12	Overall	18-12
4-4	League	8-0
11-6	Non-League	8-9
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
8-5	Home	9-3
8-7	Away	7-8
0-0	Neutral	2-1
1-2	Playoff	2-3
4-1	In-State	16-11
12-11	Out-of-State	2-1