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Highland Prep Payson

Honey Badgers

Longhorns

The Payson (AZ) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Highland Prep (Surprise, AZ) by a score of 25-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland Prep	0	1	0	3	0	-	-	4	5	16
Payson	12	2	9	2	-	-	-	25	15	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Highland Prep (25-26)

Highland Prep has not entered stats for this game.

Payson (25-26)

Payson

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.441	38	34	25	15	12	1	2	5
1	Vera Sopeland	.400	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1
6	S. Christenson		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	Shylah Waterman	1.000	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	1
8	Alayna Dewald	.000	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	W. Burdette	.250	4	4	3	1	1	0	1	0
10	Layla Sopeland	1.000	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1
11	Ava Sopeland	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	Logann Prock	1.000	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	0
17	Danica Peters	.000	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Tatum Weinland	.500	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	1
24	Amierah Reagan	.000	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
27	Kinikki Smith	.500	4	4	1	2	4	0	0	1

Payson

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	6	6	1	.500	1.029	1.529
1	Vera Sopeland	0	1	1	1	.400	1.000	1.400
7	Shylah Waterman	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500
8	Alayna Dewald	0	0	3	1	.000	.000	.000
9	W. Burdette	0	2	1	0	.250	.750	1.000
10	Layla Sopeland	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	3.500
11	Ava Sopeland	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
13	Logann Prock	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
17	Danica Peters	1	1	0	0	.250	.000	.250
21	Tatum Weinland	0	0	0	1	.500	2.000	2.500
24	Amierah Reagan	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
27	Kinikki Smith	0	0	1	0	.500	1.250	1.750

Payson

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	16
1	Vera Sopeland	2
6	S. Christenson	1
8	Alayna Dewald	2
9	W. Burdette	2
10	Layla Sopeland	1
11	Ava Sopeland	1
13	Logann Prock	4
17	Danica Peters	2
24	Amierah Reagan	1

Payson

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.778	27	15	6	6
1	Vera Sopeland	.400	5	0	2	3
7	Shylah Waterman	.000	2	0	0	2
9	W. Burdette	1.000	3	1	2	0
11	Ava Sopeland	1.000	4	4	0	0
13	Logann Prock	1.000	1	1	0	0
17	Danica Peters	1.000	7	7	0	0
21	Tatum Weinland	.667	3	2	0	1
27	Kinikki Smith	1.000	2	0	2	0

Payson

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
27	Kinikki Smith	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Payson

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	5	4	0	2	7			0	26	24
27	Kinikki Smith	5	5	4	0	2	7			0	26	24

Payson

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.208	.269	0	0			96
27	Kinikki Smith	.208	.269	0	0			96

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Game Story

Arizona High School Softball - Payson bounces Highland Prep

February 25, 2026: Payson, AZ 85541

The Payson Longhorns softball squad scored 25 runs and restricted the visiting Highland Prep Honey Badgers to 4 in the Longhorns non-league victory on Wednesday.

Next, the Longhorns meet the Globe Tigers (Globe, AZ) in a non-league challenge, on Monday, March 2. Payson will attempt to upgrade on its 1-0 season record. The Tigers go into the challenge with a 1-1 record after their 18-5 non-league win over Deer Valley (Glendale, AZ).

With the loss, Highland Prep moves to 1-1 on the season. The Honey badgers host Madison Highland Prep (Phoenix, AZ) to meet the Heat in a non-league test on Thursday, February 26. The Heat go into the test with a record of 0-0.

Highland Prep @ Payson Softball Game Info

Wed., Feb. 25, 2026 @ 6p

Payson High School

The Payson (AZ) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Highland Prep (Surprise, AZ) by a score of 25-4.

Rankings & Records

Highland Prep (25-26)

AZ	Div.
200	27

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
3-15	1-13	2-6	1-9	.167	.071	84	246

Payson (25-26)

AZ	Div.
89	13

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	RF	RA
16-11	8-4	8-3	6-7	2-1	.593	.667	288	179

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland Prep	.6	.5	.4	.9	.4	0	1.0	4.7	3.4	7.6
Payson	1.8	1.5	2.4	2.1	1.5	1.7	1.4	10.7	10.2	2.7

Team Stat Comparison

Highland Prep		Payson
.185	Batting Average	.380
.310	On Base Percentage	.457
.244	Slugging Percentage	.554
.675	Fielding Percentage	.854
.286	Win Loss Percentage	.647

Team Leaders

Highland Prep		Payson	National Avg.
#4 Odry Ayon.400	Batting Average	#13 Logann Prock.514	.288
#4 Odry Ayon.514	On Base Percentage	#13 Logann Prock.564	.407
#3 Sydney Mikkelson.567	Slugging Percentage	#7 Shylah Waterman.857	.396
#4 Odry Ayon.970	Fielding Percentage	#3 Gracie Finkler1.000	.828
#3 Sydney Mikkelson.286	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Vera Sopeland1.000	.559

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Prep	0-1		Payson	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
4/22/26	Kingman	Highland Prep	(L) 10-0		4/29/26	Payson	Kingman	(W) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Highland Prep (25-26)		Payson (25-26)
3-15	Overall	16-11
1-13	League	8-4
2-2	Non-League	3-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
2-6	Home	8-3
1-9	Away	6-7
0-0	Neutral	2-1
0-0	Playoff	1-1
3-15	In-State	16-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0