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Hickory Flat Independence

Rebels

Wildcats I

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Hickory Flat (MS) by a score of 20-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hickory Flat	1	2	0	0	0	-	-	3	8	5
Independence	5	4	5	6	-	-	-	20	17	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (25-26)

Hickory Flat

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.400	23	20	3	8	3	2	1	0
1	Liam Thrasher (Fr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1	1	0	0
2	Levi Butts (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Walker Paul (Fr)		1	1
4	Chris Jones (7th)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Kendell Clifton (So)	1.000	1	1		1
8	Ryder Paul (Fr)		1	1
10	Parker Ford (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Tyler Garner (Sr)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Nick Talley (So)	.667	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
20	Drake Courson (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Jonathan Ross (So)		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Andrew Doyle (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Lawson Ford (7th)		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.438	38	32	20	14	15
2	Levi Graham (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	2
5	Braylon Davis (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	1
6	Austin Eddie (Sr)	1.000	4	2	3	2	2
13	Rick Golden (Jr)	.500	4	2	3	1	3
14	Eli Stepp (So)	.400	5	5	4	2	0
15	Austin Johnson (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	.500	5	4	4	2	0
17	Merritt Owens (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	5
19	Dixon Ashe (So)		0	0	3	0	0
20	Colton Moncrief (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0
21	Shawn McGee (So)		0	0	1	0	0
25	C. Hinson (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	1

Hickory Flat

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	0	0	2	7	1	1	0	15	.478	.600	1.078
1	Liam Thrasher (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
2	Levi Butts (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	Chris Jones (7th)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
5	Kendell Clifton (So)									1.000	1.000	2.000
8	Ryder Paul (Fr)				1					.000	.000	.000
10	Parker Ford (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
12	Tyler Garner (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.000	.500
15	Nick Talley (So)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	1.667	2.334
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
20	Drake Courson (So)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
25	Jonathan Ross (So)	0	0	1		0	1	0	3	1.000		1.000
27	Andrew Doyle (So)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
30	Lawson Ford (7th)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	2	2	7	6	.526	.438	.964
2	Levi Graham (So)	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666
5	Braylon Davis (Sr)	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
6	Austin Eddie (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
13	Rick Golden (Jr)	1	1	1	0	1	.750	.500	1.250
14	Eli Stepp (So)	0	0	0	2	5	.400	.400	.800
15	Austin Johnson (Fr)	0	0	0	0	3	.500	.500	1.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	0	1	1	1	3	.600	.500	1.100
17	Merritt Owens (Sr)	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.250	.500
20	Colton Moncrief (Jr)	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.250	.500
25	C. Hinson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Hickory Flat

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	3	3
10	Parker Ford (Jr)	1	1
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	1	1
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	1	1

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
6	Austin Eddie (Sr)	1
14	Eli Stepp (So)	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	2

Hickory Flat

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.722	18	12	1	5
1	Liam Thrasher (Fr)	.667	3	2	0	1
2	Levi Butts (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
4	Chris Jones (7th)	1.000	1	1	0	0
6	Paxton Owens (7th)	1.000	1	1	0	0
8	Ryder Paul (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	.500	2	1	0	1
12	Tyler Garner (Sr)	.500	2	0	1	1
15	Nick Talley (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
22	Sam Rakestraw (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
27	Andrew Doyle (So)	.000	1	0	0	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.885	26	15	8	3
2	Levi Graham (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
5	Braylon Davis (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
14	Eli Stepp (So)	1.000	7	5	2	0
15	Austin Johnson (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	.857	7	2	4	1
17	Merritt Owens (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
20	Colton Moncrief (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0	0

Hickory Flat

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	24.50	1	.000	4
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	7.00	0		1
12	Tyler Garner (Sr)	42.00	0		1
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	24.50	1	.000	1
22	Sam Rakestraw (Fr)		0		1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.80	1
5	Braylon Davis (Sr)	0.00	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	0.00	1
25	C. Hinson (Sr)	7.00	1

Hickory Flat

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	17	20	14	4	2	37	32
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	1	2	1	1	1	1	6	5
12	Tyler Garner (Sr)	1	7	10	6	2	1	15	13
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	2	8	9	7	1	0	16	14

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	6	3	2	2	7	24	21
5	Braylon Davis (Sr)	2	3	0	0	0	2	8	8
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	3
25	C. Hinson (Sr)	2	3	3	2	2	2	12	10

Hickory Flat

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.531	.595	4	1	114	3
11	Cade Clayton (Fr)	.400	.500	0	0	18	0
12	Tyler Garner (Sr)	.538	.600	2	0	46	1
16	C. Hendricks (Sr)	.571	.625	2	1	50	2

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.286	.375	1	82	2
5	Braylon Davis (Sr)	.375	.375	0	23	1
16	Kaleb Kitchen (So)	.000	.250	1	16	0
25	C. Hinson (Sr)	.300	.417	0	43	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Hickory Flat loses to Independence

February 19, 2026: Independence, MS 38618

Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS) fans left the game pleased Thursday as they observed their baseball squad achieve victory over the visiting Hickory Flat Rebels (Hickory Flat, MS), 20-3 in a non-league match.

With the triumph, Independence improves its record to 5-2 on the year. The Wildcats host Rosa Fort (Tunica, MS) to play the Lions in a 3A Region 2 test on Friday, February 20. The Lions go into the test with a record of 1-3. Rosa Fort won 24-4 in their recent league test against Coahoma County (Clarksdale, MS)

With the defeat, Hickory Flat drops to 0-2 on the year. The Rebels host Wheeler (Wheeler, MS) to play the Eagles in a non-league test on Tuesday, February 24. The Eagles go into the test with a record of 2-1. Wheeler won 6-4 in their recent non-league outing against Waterloo (Waterloo, AL)

Hickory Flat @ Independence Baseball Game Info

Thu., Feb. 19, 2026 @ 7p

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Hickory Flat (MS) by a score of 20-3.

Rankings & Records

Hickory Flat (25-26)

MS	Class
283	32

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
6-17	5-3	3-10	3-7	.261	.625	153	293

Independence (25-26)

MS	Class
213	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
19-11	6-0	10-5	9-5	0-1	.633	1.000	269	112

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hickory Flat	1.6	1.4	1.7	1.1	.9	1.3	1.5	6.7	5.0	3.2
Independence	3.2	2.4	1.7	1.5	.8	.7	.3	9.0	6.5	1.7

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 2/17/2026

2/17 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence 3 4 2 7 0 - - 16 7 1
Hickory Flat 0 0 1 0 0 - - 1 2 6

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Hickory Flat (MS) by a score of 16-1.
Box score
Independence won on 2/19/2026

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

Hickory Flat 1 2 0 0 0 - - 3 8 5
Independence 5 4 5 6 - - - 20 17 1

The Hickory Flat (MS) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 20-3.
Box score

2/17 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	3	4	2	7	0	-	-	16	7	1
Hickory Flat	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	1	2	6

Team Stat Comparison

Hickory Flat		Independence
.279	Batting Average	.278
.474	On Base Percentage	.457
.389	Slugging Percentage	.344
.827	Fielding Percentage	.906
.312	Win Loss Percentage	.833

Team Leaders

Hickory Flat		Independence	National Avg.
#6 Paxton Owens1.000	Batting Average	#8 Kaleb Umberger.600	.245
#6 Paxton Owens1.000	On Base Percentage	#21 Shawn McGee1.000	.389
#6 Paxton Owens1.000	Slugging Percentage	#8 Kaleb Umberger.600	.315
#25 Jonathan Ross1.000	Fielding Percentage	#21 Shawn McGee1.000	.858
#10 Parker Ford.500	Win Loss Percentage	#14 Eli Stepp1.000	.541

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hickory Flat	0-3		Independence	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/26	Water Valley	Hickory Flat	(L) 14-0	2/10/26	Independence	Water Valley	(L) 16-8
				2/13/26	Water Valley	Independence	(L) 5-2
3/31/26	Hickory Flat	West Union	(L) 16-0	3/6/26	West Union	Independence	(L) 13-0
4/1/26	Hickory Flat	West Union	(L) 24-0

Record Breakdown

Hickory Flat (25-26)		I Independence (25-26)
6-17	Overall	19-11
5-3	League	6-0
1-12	Non-League	13-9
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-3	Common Opponent	0-3
3-10	Home	10-5
3-7	Away	9-5
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-2	Playoff	0-2
6-17	In-State	17-11
0-0	Out-of-State	2-0