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Hickory Watauga

Red Tornadoes

Pioneers

The Watauga (Boone, NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's home non-conference game against Hickory (NC) by a score of 23-9.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hickory	7	0	0	2	0	-	-	9	-	-
Watauga	3	8	11	1	-	-	-	23	-	-

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Game Stats

Watauga (23-24)

Hickory

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.333	33	27	9	9	4	2	1
00	Sierra Hill (Jr)	.667	3	3	2	2	1
1	Abby Puett (Sr)	.667	4	3	1	2
2	Monnie Byrd (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2		1
3	Carsyn Barry (Fr)		3	2
5	Eunice Benitez (Jr)		4	3
11	A. Williams (Fr)				1
14	Maddie Morphis (Fr)	.667	3	3	2	2	1	2
20	C. Bridgers (So)		4	3	1
22	Layla Abernathy (Fr)		3	2	1
27	Alyssa Wood (Fr)	.333	4	3		1
88	Kennedy Ingle (Fr)		1	1

Watauga

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.645	45	31	23	20	20	5	1	1
2	Dagan Newsome (Sr)	1.000	5	2	4	2	3	1	0	0
3	Lilli Taylor (Sr)	.800	5	5	2	4	4	2	0	0
4	Presli Wood (Fr)	.000	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	.500	4	4	1	2	3	1	0	0
7	Chloe Wilson (Jr)	.333	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
9	E. Watson (Jr)	1.000	5	4	3	4	2	0	0	0
11	C. Moretz (Fr)	.750	5	4	2	3	5	1	1	1
12	Jordin Greene (Jr)	.333	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
15	Brenna Yates (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kara Brooks (Sr)	1.000	5	3	4	3	2	0	0	0

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	6	2	.455	.481	.936
00	Sierra Hill (Jr)			1	.667	.666	1.334
1	Abby Puett (Sr)	1			.750	.666	1.417
2	Monnie Byrd (Sr)		1		.500	1.000	1.500
3	Carsyn Barry (Fr)	1	1		.333	.000	.333
5	Eunice Benitez (Jr)	1	1		.250	.000	.250
14	Maddie Morphis (Fr)			1	.667	1.333	2.000
20	C. Bridgers (So)	1	1		.250	.000	.250
22	Layla Abernathy (Fr)	1			.333	.000	.333
27	Alyssa Wood (Fr)	1	1		.500	.333	.833
88	Kennedy Ingle (Fr)		1		.000	.000	.000

Watauga

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	11	4	2	1	19	.733	.967	1.701
2	Dagan Newsome (Sr)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
3	Lilli Taylor (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.800	1.200	2.000
4	Presli Wood (Fr)	0	3	1	0	0	3	.600	.000	.600
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	5	.500	.750	1.250
7	Chloe Wilson (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	2	.600	.333	.933
9	E. Watson (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
11	C. Moretz (Fr)	0	1	1	0	0	1	.800	2.250	3.050
12	Jordin Greene (Jr)	0	2	1	0	0	4	.600	.333	.933
15	Brenna Yates (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
23	Kara Brooks (Sr)	1	0	0	1	0	1	.800	1.000	1.800

Hickory

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	3	3
1	Abby Puett (Sr)	1	1
11	A. Williams (Fr)	1	1
14	Maddie Morphis (Fr)	1	1

Watauga

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	8	8
2	Dagan Newsome (Sr)	3	3
3	Lilli Taylor (Sr)	1	1
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	1	1
7	Chloe Wilson (Jr)	1	1
12	Jordin Greene (Jr)	1	1
22	Lilla Heath (So)	1	1

Hickory

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.812	16	13	3
00	Sierra Hill (Jr)	1.000	2	2
1	Abby Puett (Sr)	1.000	1	1
2	Monnie Byrd (Sr)	.000	1		1
12	Emery Byrd (Fr)	.800	5	4	1
14	Maddie Morphis (Fr)	1.000	2	2
20	C. Bridgers (So)	1.000	1	1
22	Layla Abernathy (Fr)	.667	3	2	1
27	Alyssa Wood (Fr)	1.000	1	1

Watauga

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.857	21	14	4	3
4	Presli Wood (Fr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
7	Chloe Wilson (Jr)	.500	2	1	0	1
9	E. Watson (Jr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
12	Jordin Greene (Jr)	.500	4	2	0	2
23	Kara Brooks (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
24	Jayden Arnette (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Hickory

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	21.00		1	.000	1	1
27	Alyssa Wood (Fr)	21.00		1	.000	1	1

Watauga

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	11.20	1	1.000	2
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	14.00	1	1.000	1
15	Brenna Yates (Fr)	0.00			1

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	18	23	12	11	4			1	45	32
27	Alyssa Wood (Fr)	4	18	23	12	11	4			1	45	32

Watauga

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	7	9	8	6	6	29	23
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	4	7	9	8	6	4	26	20
15	Brenna Yates (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3

Hickory

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.562	.689		2
27	Alyssa Wood (Fr)	.562	.689		2

Watauga

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.304	.448	4	122
6	Katie Matheson (Jr)	.350	.500	4	114
15	Brenna Yates (Fr)	.000	.000	0	8

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Watauga bounces Hickory

February 27, 2024: Boone, NC 28607

The Watauga Pioneers routed the visiting Hickory Red Tornadoes softball squad by a final score of 23-9 in Tuesday's non-league battle.

The Pioneers (1-0) will now prepare for their battle against West Caldwell (Lenoir, NC). The Warriors go into the non-league battle with a 1-0 record. In their last battle, West Caldwell notched a victory over Freedom (Morganton, NC), 10-0, in a non-league battle.

The Red Tornadoes now possess a 0-1 record. They play next when they travel to Harding University for a non-league battle on Friday, March 1.

Players of the Game

Hickory (23-24)

Hickory has not selected any Players of the Game.

Watauga (23-24)

Congratulations to #11 Charlotte Moretz for being selected the Watauga Softball Player of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Hickory (23-24)

NC	Class
367	49

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
4-15	2-12	2-8	2-7	.211	.143	122	248

Watauga (23-24)

NC	Class
164	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-12	5-5	5-5	5-7	.455	.500	175	193

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Hickory	2.2	.6	.6	.8	.7	1.8	.8	6.4	4.9	3.5
Watauga	1.3	2.0	2.0	1.0	.8	.7	1.7	8.0	8.8	3.2

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Head-to-Head

Watauga won on 2/27/2024

2/27 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Hickory 7 0 0 2 0 - - 9 - -
Watauga 3 8 11 1 - - - 23 - -

The Hickory (NC) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference game against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 23-9.
Box score
Watauga won on 3/5/2024

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

Watauga 4 10 6 2 0 - - 22 13 0
Hickory 3 0 0 2 0 - - 5 8 7

The Watauga (Boone, NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's away non-conference game against Hickory (NC) by a score of 22-5.
Box score

3/5 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Watauga	4	10	6	2	0	-	-	22	13	0
Hickory	3	0	0	2	0	-	-	5	8	7

Team Stat Comparison

Hickory		Watauga
.368	Batting Average	.333
.525	On Base Percentage	.429
.592	Slugging Percentage	.450
.783	Fielding Percentage	.865
.333	Win Loss Percentage	.476

Team Leaders

Hickory		Watauga	National Avg.
#1 Abby Puett.800	Batting Average	#12 Jordin Greene.418	.291
#1 Abby Puett.917	On Base Percentage	#12 Jordin Greene.524	.406
#22 Layla Abernathy1.500	Slugging Percentage	#7 Chloe Wilson.746	.397
#14 Maddie Morphis1.000	Fielding Percentage	#2 Dagan Newsome.952	.831
#27 Alyssa Wood.333	Win Loss Percentage	#15 Brenna Yates.500	.568

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hickory	0-1		Watauga	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
3/11/24	North Wilkes	Hickory	(L) 18-1		3/13/24	Watauga	North Wilkes	(W) 7-3

Record Breakdown

Hickory (23-24)		Watauga (23-24)
4-15	Overall	10-12
2-12	League	6-6
2-3	Non-League	4-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-0
2-8	Home	5-5
2-7	Away	5-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
4-15	In-State	10-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0