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Hillcrest Brandon

Patriots

Bulldogs

The Brandon (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home tournament game against Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, AL) by a score of 4-3.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hillcrest	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	3
Brandon	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	8	0

Final score provided by J. Herbert.

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Box Score Stats

Hillcrest (25-26)		Brandon (25-26)
1	Double Plays	0

Game Stats

Hillcrest (25-26)

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Brandon (25-26)

Brandon

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.320	30	25	4	8	2
1	M. Culpepper (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1
2	Tre McQueen (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1
3	Tre Adcox (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1
5	Grady Smith (Jr)	.667	3	3	1	2
7	Hayes Carr (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	1
11	Graydon Walker (Jr)	.500	3	2	1	1
12	Zack Maddox (So)	.000	2	1	1	0
13	Ian Owens (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	1
27	Kam Johnson (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
39	Zane Spann (So)	.500	3	2	0	1

Brandon

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	2	6	1	8	.379	.320	.699
1	M. Culpepper (Jr)				1			.333	.333	.666
2	Tre McQueen (Jr)				2			.250	.250	.500
3	Tre Adcox (Jr)			1			2	.500	.333	.833
5	Grady Smith (Jr)				1		1	.667	.667	1.334
7	Hayes Carr (Sr)					1	2	.250	.000	.250
11	Graydon Walker (Jr)		1				1	.500	.500	1.000
12	Zack Maddox (So)	1			1			.000	.000	.000
13	Ian Owens (Jr)							1.000	1.000	2.000
16	Slayden Stokes (Jr)						2
39	Zane Spann (So)			1	1			.667	.500	1.167

Brandon

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1	2
2	Tre McQueen (Jr)	0	1
5	Grady Smith (Jr)	1	1

Brandon

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.906	32	21	8	3
1	M. Culpepper (Jr)	1.000	8	5	3	0
2	Tre McQueen (Jr)	1.000	5	1	4	0
5	Grady Smith (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1
11	Graydon Walker (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
12	Zack Maddox (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
14	M. Herrington (Jr)	.833	6	5	0	1
19	Cooper Hooks (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1
27	Kam Johnson (Jr)	1.000	7	7	0	0

Brandon

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	GS
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	2	1
1	M. Culpepper (Jr)	4.20	1	1.000	1
19	Cooper Hooks (Sr)	0.00			1	1

Brandon

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	3	2	1	7	1	29	28
1	M. Culpepper (Jr)	3.1	3	3	2	1	4	1	15	14
19	Cooper Hooks (Sr)	3.2	1	0	0	0	3		14	14

Brandon

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	BK
	Team Totals	.143	.172	2	103	1
1	M. Culpepper (Jr)	.214	.267	1	57
19	Cooper Hooks (Sr)	.071	.071	1	46	1

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Brandon nips Hillcrest

February 20, 2026: Brandon, MS 39042

The Brandon Bulldogs baseball team scored 4 runs and held the visiting Hillcrest Patriots to 3 in the Bulldogs non-league win on Friday.

The Bulldogs now own a 4-0 record. They take the field next when they host Lewisburg for a non-league test on Saturday, February 21. Brandon will play a Patriots team coming off a 16-6 non-league win over Marshall Academy (Holly Springs, MS). The Patriots record now stands at 2-1.

With the defeat, Hillcrest drops to 1-1 on the year. The Patriots travel to Warren Central (Vicksburg, MS) to play the Vikings in a non-league test on Saturday, February 21. The Vikings go into the test with a record of 3-1. Warren Central won 5-4 in their recent non-league test against Germantown (Madison, MS)

Players of the Game

Hillcrest (25-26)

Hillcrest has not selected any Players of the Game.

Brandon (25-26)

Congratulations to #5 Grady Smith for being selected the Brandon Baseball Player of the Game.

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Bottom of the 7th Inning

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Hillcrest @ Brandon Baseball Game Info

Fri., Feb. 20, 2026 @ 7p

Mid MS Classic

The Brandon (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home tournament game against Hillcrest (Tuscaloosa, AL) by a score of 4-3.

Rankings & Records

Hillcrest (25-26)

AL	Class
9	3

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
23-12	3-3	8-4	11-7	4-1	.657	.500	203	137

Brandon (25-26)

MS	Class
9	3

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
23-11	7-3	11-4	10-6	2-1	.676	.700	245	138

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Hillcrest	1.0	.5	1.1	1.3	.3	1.4	.8	2.0	5.8	7.1	1.5
Brandon	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.5	1.0	.7	-	7.2	7.8	1.4

Team Stat Comparison

Hillcrest		Brandon
.251	Batting Average	.316
.383	On Base Percentage	.445
.317	Slugging Percentage	.487
.947	Fielding Percentage	.943
.737	Win Loss Percentage	.676

Team Leaders

Hillcrest		Brandon	National Avg.
#3 Seth Hardin.382	Batting Average	#19 Cooper Hooks1.000	.244
#4 Caleb Johnson.529	On Base Percentage	#19 Cooper Hooks1.000	.386
#9 Mason Booth.545	Slugging Percentage	#19 Cooper Hooks1.500	.313
#13 Preston Walker1.000	Fielding Percentage	#13 Ian Owens1.000	.858
#10 Peyton Rackard1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#21 Zack Garrett1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hillcrest	3-0		Brandon	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/19/26	Hillcrest	Northwest Rankin	(W) 12-5	4/14/26	Northwest Rankin	Brandon	(W) 4-3
				4/17/26	Brandon	Northwest Rankin	(L) 4-1
				4/30/26	Brandon	Northwest Rankin	(W) 15-3
				5/4/26	Northwest Rankin	Brandon	(W) 8-3
2/21/26	Hillcrest	Warren Central	(W) 3-0	4/18/26	Brandon	Warren Central	(W) 5-2
2/21/26	Hillcrest	Madison Central	(W) 8-1	2/12/26	Brandon	Madison Central	(W) 16-5
				4/11/26	Madison Central	Brandon	(L) 17-5

Record Breakdown

Hillcrest (25-26)		Brandon (25-26)
23-12	Overall	23-11
3-3	League	7-3
15-7	Non-League	9-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-0	Common Opponent	5-2
8-4	Home	11-4
11-7	Away	10-6
4-1	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	4-2
16-10	In-State	19-9
7-2	Out-of-State	4-2