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The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's neutral non-conference game against Tupelo Christian Prep (Belden, MS) by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
TCP	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	1
Independence	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	7	11	6

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (24-25)

Tupelo Christian Prep

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.226	33	31	6	7	4	1
2	Dawson Ward	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
5	Brooks Bresee	.667	3	3	1	2	1	0
6	T. Goralczyk	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
7	Nate Cornelison	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0
21	Jack Decker	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
24	Jax Coker	.250	4	4	1	1	1	1
25	Cullen Hobby	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
28	Logan Umfress	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
44	M. McDaniel	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.379	30	29	7	11	5	1
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)		0	0	2	0	0	0
2	Levi Graham (Fr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.750	4	4	1	3	2	0
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.500	4	4	0	2	1	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	.250	4	4	2	1	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1	1
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0

Tupelo Christian Prep

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	5	6	6	.273	.323	.596
2	Dawson Ward	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
5	Brooks Bresee	0	0	0	2	.667	.667	1.334
6	T. Goralczyk	1	0	2	1	.250	.000	.250
7	Nate Cornelison	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
21	Jack Decker	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500
24	Jax Coker	0	1	2	1	.250	1.000	1.250
25	Cullen Hobby	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
28	Logan Umfress	0	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500
44	M. McDaniel	1	0	1	2	.667	.500	1.167

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	9	1	5	.400	.414	.814
2	Levi Graham (Fr)	1	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	0	3	0	4	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	0	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	0	0	1	1	.250	.250	.500
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	0	1	0	3	.333	.333	.666

Tupelo Christian Prep

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
5	Brooks Bresee	1
6	T. Goralczyk	1

Baserunning

Independence has not entered any baserunning stats.

Tupelo Christian Prep

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.889	27	18	6	3
2	Dawson Ward	.667	3	0	2	1
6	T. Goralczyk	1.000	3	1	2	0
7	Nate Cornelison	.500	2	0	1	1
9	Drew Dickey	.667	3	2	0	1
21	Jack Decker	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Jax Coker	1.000	1	1	0	0
28	Logan Umfress	1.000	6	6	0	0
44	M. McDaniel	1.000	8	7	1	0

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.854	41	21	14	6
2	Levi Graham (Fr)	1.000	4	2	2	0
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	1.000	3	0	3	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.750	4	1	2	1
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	1.000	7	3	4	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen (Fr)	.571	7	2	2	3
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.500	2	0	1	1
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.917	12	11	0	1

Tupelo Christian Prep

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.17	1	.000	1
24	Jax Coker	1.40	1	.000	1
44	M. McDaniel	0.00	0		1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.00	1
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	1.40	1
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	0.00	1

Tupelo Christian Prep

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	10	7	1	1	9	30	29
24	Jax Coker	5	6	3	1	1	7	22	21
44	M. McDaniel	1	4	4	0	0	2	8	8

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	6	1	2	5	1	33	31
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	5	7	6	1	2	4	1	27	25
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6

Tupelo Christian Prep

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.345	.367	112
24	Jax Coker	.286	.318	79
44	M. McDaniel	.500	.500	33

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.226	.273	121	5
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.280	.333	97	4
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.000	.000	24	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Tupelo Christian Prep nipped by Independence

March 12, 2025: Belden, MS 38826

The Independence Wildcats nipped the host Tupelo Christian Prep Eagles baseball squad by a score of 7-6 in Wednesday's non-league outing.

Next up, the Wildcats encounter the North Panola Cougars (Sardis, MS) in a 3A Region 2 outing, on Tuesday, March 18. Independence will attempt to advance on its 5-7 season record. The Cougars enter the outing with a 1-2 record after their 16-6 league win over Coahoma County (Clarksdale, MS).

The Eagles (6-5) will now prepare for their outing against Biggersville (Corinth, MS). The Lions enter the 1A Region 1 outing with a 1-10 record. In their last outing, Biggersville was nudged by Alcorn Central (Glen, MS), 5-4, in a non-league outing.

TCP vs Independence Baseball Game Info

Wed., Mar. 12, 2025 @ 2:30p

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's neutral non-conference game against Tupelo Christian Prep (Belden, MS) by a score of 7-6.

Rankings & Records

Tupelo Christian Prep (24-25)

MS	Class
116	5

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
20-10	9-1	11-2	7-7	2-1	.667	.900	305	71

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
Tupelo Christian Prep	3.6	2.0	1.1	2.2	1.4	.9	.8	10.2	8.5	1.7
Independence	2.3	2.1	2.3	.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	8.6	6.2	2.2

Team Stat Comparison

Tupelo Christian Prep		Independence
.361	Batting Average	.279
.490	On Base Percentage	.434
.546	Slugging Percentage	.334
.921	Fielding Percentage	.900
.667	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Tupelo Christian Prep		Independence	National Avg.
#8 Collin McCully1.000	Batting Average	#14 Dallas Stepp.365	.239
#9 Drew Dickey.778	On Base Percentage	#45 DJ Mitchell.529	.379
#8 Collin McCully1.000	Slugging Percentage	#17 Miller Owens.429	.302
#12 Reeves Kenney1.000	Fielding Percentage	#19 Dixon Ashe1.000	.860
#20 Weston Parrott1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Tupelo Christian Prep	2-0		Independence	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
2/27/25	Tupelo Christian Prep	Hickory Flat	(W) 30-0		4/12/25	Hickory Flat	Independence	(W) 18-3
3/11/25	Pelahatchie	Tupelo Christian Prep	(W) 10-0		3/11/25	Independence	Pelahatchie	(L) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Tupelo Christian Prep (24-25)		Independence (24-25)
20-10	Overall	18-12
9-1	League	8-0
6-7	Non-League	8-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-0	Common Opponent	1-1
11-2	Home	9-3
7-7	Away	7-8
2-1	Neutral	2-1
5-2	Playoff	2-3
20-10	In-State	16-11
0-0	Out-of-State	2-1