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Highlands Valley

Golden Rams

Vikings

The Valley (New Kensington, PA) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA) by a score of 12-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highlands	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	2	0	4
Valley	0	0	6	2	4	-	-	12	5	1

Final score provided by J. Basilone.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Valley (23-24)

Highlands

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	RBI
	Team Totals	.000	23	14	2	2
2	Jake King (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0
4	Boyd Brown (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0
6	Sal Barbarino (Jr)		2	0	1	0
8	Carson Goldberg (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	1
9	Luke Bombalski (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	1
12	Jackson Ament (Sr)	.000	1	1	0	0
20	Kyle Krason (Sr)	.000	3	1	0	0
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	.000	3	1	1	0
	Troy Bielak (So)	.000	2	1	0	0

Valley

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.261	29	23	10	6	6	3
1	D. Dunkel (Fr)		4	3
2	Julian Danko (Fr)	.500	2	2	3	1		1
4	Conrad Hoover (Jr)		1	1	1
5	Dante Taliani (So)	.333	3	3		1		1
6	Tyler Danko (Sr)	.500	4	2	3	1		1
7	Nikolas Heakins (So)		1	1
9	Jacob Staraniec (Sr)	.250	4	4	2	1
10	A. Vagnier (So)		3	0			1
13	Wesley Schrock (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	3
18	Kafano Samm (Jr)	1.000	1	1		1	2
21	B. Mehalick (Fr)		2	2

Highlands

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	8	1	2	6	.391	.000	.391
2	Jake King (Jr)	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
4	Boyd Brown (Sr)	1	1	0	0	3	.333	.000	.333
6	Sal Barbarino (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
8	Carson Goldberg (Sr)	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.000	.000
9	Luke Bombalski (Sr)	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
12	Jackson Ament (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
20	Kyle Krason (Sr)	1	1	1	0	1	.667	.000	.667
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	2	1	0	0	2	.667	.000	.667
	Troy Bielak (So)	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500

Valley

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	5	.414	.391	.805
1	D. Dunkel (Fr)	1	1	.250	.000	.250
2	Julian Danko (Fr)			.500	1.000	1.500
5	Dante Taliani (So)			.333	.666	1.000
6	Tyler Danko (Sr)	2	1	.750	1.000	1.750
9	Jacob Staraniec (Sr)		2	.250	.250	.500
10	A. Vagnier (So)	3		1.000		1.000
13	Wesley Schrock (Sr)		1	.250	.250	.500
18	Kafano Samm (Jr)			1.000	1.000	2.000

Highlands

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
6	Sal Barbarino (Jr)	2
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	1

Baserunning

Valley has not entered any baserunning stats.

Highlands

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.810	21	14	3	4
2	Jake King (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
4	Boyd Brown (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
6	Sal Barbarino (Jr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
8	Carson Goldberg (Sr)	.500	2	1	0	1
9	Luke Bombalski (Sr)	.000	2	0	0	2
12	Jackson Ament (Sr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
	Troy Bielak (So)	.750	4	3	0	1

Fielding

Valley has not entered any fielding stats.

Highlands

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	7.50	1
8	Carson Goldberg (Sr)	10.50	1
20	Kyle Krason (Sr)	12.60	1
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	7.00	1

Valley

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals
6	Tyler Danko (Sr)			1
9	Jacob Staraniec (Sr)	1	1.000	1

Highlands

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4.2	5	12	5	11	6	35	23
8	Carson Goldberg (Sr)	2	0	4	3	5	4	13	7
20	Kyle Krason (Sr)	1.2	3	4	3	2	0	11	9
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	1	2	4	1	4	2	11	7

Valley

#	Athlete Name	IP
	Team Totals
6	Tyler Danko (Sr)	2
9	Jacob Staraniec (Sr)	3

Highlands

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.217	.486	3	1	152	5
8	Carson Goldberg (Sr)	.000	.462	1	1	58	2
20	Kyle Krason (Sr)	.333	.455	0	0	44	0
	Kristian Kocon (Jr)	.286	.545	2	0	50	3

Valley has not entered any pitching stats.

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Game Story

Pennsylvania High School Baseball - Valley wallops Highlands

March 15, 2024: New Kensington, PA 15068

In Friday's non-league challenge, the Valley Vikings (New Kensington, PA) baseball squad triumphed over the visiting Highlands Golden Rams (Natrona Heights, PA), by a final score of 12-2.

With the win, Valley upgrades its record to 1-0 on the season. The Vikings host Ligonier Valley (Ligonier, PA) to battle the Rams in a non-league challenge on Monday, March 18. The Rams come into the challenge with a record of 0-1. Ligonier Valley lost 3-2 in their recent non-league challenge against Greensburg Salem (Greensburg, PA)

With the defeat, Highlands falls to 0-1 on the season. The Golden rams host Beaver (Beaver, PA) to battle the Bobcats in a non-league challenge on Monday, March 18. The Bobcats come into the challenge with a record of 0-0.

Highlands @ Valley Baseball Game Info

Fri., Mar. 15, 2024 @ 4p

Valley High School

The Valley (New Kensington, PA) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Highlands (Natrona Heights, PA) by a score of 12-2.

Rankings & Records

Highlands (23-24)

PA	Class
497	89

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
4-16	1-9	3-10	1-6	.200	.100	107	184

Valley (23-24)

PA	Class
219	34

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
16-5	9-3	8-4	8-1	.762	.750	116	60

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Highlands	.4	1.3	1.0	1.4	.4	.8	.5	0	0	-	5.4	6.4	3.2
Valley	.6	.5	1.1	1.0	.7	1.4	.8	0	0	1.0	5.5	7.1	1.4

Team Stat Comparison

Highlands		Valley
.242	Batting Average	.249
.355	On Base Percentage	.335
.314	Slugging Percentage	.346
.885	Fielding Percentage	.863
.000	Win Loss Percentage	.737

Team Leaders

Highlands		Valley	National Avg.
#8 Carson Goldberg.351	Batting Average	#18 Kafano Samm1.000	.239
#11 Luke Hewitt.500	On Base Percentage	#18 Kafano Samm1.000	.377
#8 Carson Goldberg.526	Slugging Percentage	#18 Kafano Samm1.000	.299
Logan Lattus1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Alexander Vagnier1.000	.862
Kristian Kocon0	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Dominick Dunkel1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highlands	0-6		Valley	4-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/22/24	Deer Lakes	Highlands	(L) 9-6	5/6/24	Deer Lakes	Valley	(W) 4-3
5/9/24	Highlands	Deer Lakes		5/7/24	Valley	Deer Lakes	(W) 6-0
4/4/24	Knoch	Highlands	(L) 8-4	3/22/24	Knoch	Valley	(L) 10-1
4/18/24	Highlands	Knoch	(L) 14-4
4/25/24	Riverview	Highlands	(L) 12-6	4/19/24	Riverview	Valley	(W) 5-0
5/1/24	Freeport	Highlands	(L) 16-11	4/15/24	Freeport	Valley	(L) 2-1
				4/16/24	Valley	Freeport	(L) 3-1
5/7/24	Burrell	Highlands	(L) 5-1	3/25/24	Valley	Burrell	(W) 4-1
				3/28/24	Burrell	Valley	(L) 10-8

Record Breakdown

Highlands (23-24)		Valley (23-24)
4-16	Overall	16-5
1-9	League	9-3
3-7	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-6	Common Opponent	4-4
3-10	Home	8-4
1-6	Away	8-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-1
4-16	In-State	16-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0