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Gallatin County Meridian

Hawks

Bobcats

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Gallatin County (Junction, IL) by a score of 16-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Gallatin County	2	4	0	3	7	-	-	16	13	4
Meridian	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	2	2	6

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Game Stats

Gallatin County (24-25)

Gallatin County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.481	39	27	16	13	10	2	2	1
1	Talan Smith	.333	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
2	Kaden Downen	.200	5	5	1	1	4	0	0	1
3	Skylar Barnett		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Clay Finnie		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	Owen Wargel	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jaxon Carney	1.000	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
10	James Wood	.000	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Kaden Beltz	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
15	Casen Steele		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Grayson Wilson	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	Aiden Combs	.667	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0
21	Thacker Fromm	1.000	4	4	1	4	2	1	0	0
23	Grant Jackson	1.000	4	3	3	3	1	0	2	0
27	Brayden Porter		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	Wyatt Goebel		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Gallatin County

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	9	4	3	1	8	.641	.815	1.456
1	Talan Smith	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.333	.833
2	Kaden Downen	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.800	1.000
3	Skylar Barnett	0	0	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
6	Owen Wargel	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.000	.333
9	Jaxon Carney	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
10	James Wood	3	1	0	0	0	.750	.000	.750
11	Kaden Beltz	0	2	0	0	3	.333	.333	.666
15	Casen Steele	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
17	Grayson Wilson	1	1	0	0	3	.333	.000	.333
18	Aiden Combs	1	0	0	1	0	.750	1.000	1.750
21	Thacker Fromm	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.250	2.250
23	Grant Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.333	3.333
27	Brayden Porter	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
28	Wyatt Goebel	1	0	0	0	0	1.000		1.000

Gallatin County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	11
1	Talan Smith	5
9	Jaxon Carney	1
10	James Wood	3
18	Aiden Combs	1
21	Thacker Fromm	1

Gallatin County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.818	22	15	3	4
6	Owen Wargel	.500	2	0	1	1
10	James Wood	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Casen Steele	.833	12	10	0	2
17	Grayson Wilson	.667	3	0	2	1
20	Max Brockett	1.000	1	1	0	0
21	Thacker Fromm	1.000	1	1	0	0
23	Grant Jackson	1.000	2	2	0	0

Gallatin County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.80	1	1.000	1
6	Owen Wargel	3.50	1	1.000	1
18	Aiden Combs	0.00	0		1

Gallatin County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	2	2	2	2	11	22	19
6	Owen Wargel	4	2	2	2	1	9	18	16
18	Aiden Combs	1	0	0	0	1	2	4	3

Gallatin County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.105	.227	1	1	89	6
6	Owen Wargel	.125	.222	1	1	71	4
18	Aiden Combs	.000	.250	0	0	18	2

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Meridian (24-25)

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Game Story

Illinois High School Baseball - Gallatin County wallops Meridian

March 20, 2025: Mounds, IL 62964

The Gallatin County Hawks (Junction, IL) baseball trounced the host Meridian Bobcats (Mounds, IL), 16-2 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Hawks now own a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they host Carmi-White County for a non-league challenge on Monday, March 24. Gallatin County will clash with a Bulldogs team coming off a 8-5 non-league loss to Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin (Bismarck, IL). The Bulldogs record now stands at 2-3.

With the defeat, Meridian drops to 0-2 on the year. The Bobcats travel to Galatia/Thompsonville (Galatia, IL) to clash with the Bearcats in a non-league challenge on Monday, March 24. The Bearcats go into the challenge with a record of 3-1. Galatia/Thompsonville won 11-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Cobden (Cobden, IL)

GCHS @ Meridian Baseball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 20, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Meridian (Mounds, IL) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Gallatin County (Junction, IL) by a score of 16-2.

Rankings & Records

Gallatin County (24-25)

IL	Class
490	89

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-11	8-4	7-6	5-5	.522	.667	153	89

Meridian (24-25)

IL	Class
633	135

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
1-10	0-5	0-4	1-6	.091	.000	28	123

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Gallatin County	1.3	1.2	1.5	.8	1.1	1.1	.2	6.7	7.9	2.0
Meridian	.6	1.0	.8	.4	0	1.5	0	2.5	3.8	3.3

Team Stat Comparison

Gallatin County		Meridian
.299	Batting Average	-
.421	On Base Percentage	-
.406	Slugging Percentage	-
.928	Fielding Percentage	-
.545	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Gallatin County		Meridian	National Avg.
#20 Max Brockett.750	Batting Average	-	.239
#27 Brayden Porter1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.379
#20 Max Brockett.750	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
#18 Aiden Combs1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860
#15 Casen Steele1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gallatin County	3-3		Meridian	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/27/25	Gallatin County	Galatia/Thompsonville	(L) 3-1	3/24/25	Meridian	Galatia/Thompsonville	(L) 1-0 (F)
4/22/25	Galatia/Thompsonville	Gallatin County	(W) 5-2
3/31/25	Gallatin County	Goreville	(L) 9-4	3/27/25	Meridian	Goreville	(L) 19-4
5/24/25	Gallatin County	Goreville	(L) 11-0
4/15/25	Gallatin County	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	(W) 16-1	3/19/25	Meridian	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	(L) 11-1
5/7/25	Carrier Mills-Stonefort	Gallatin County	(W) 11-8

Record Breakdown

Gallatin County (24-25)		Meridian (24-25)
12-11	Overall	1-10
8-4	League	0-5
3-6	Non-League	1-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-3	Common Opponent	0-3
7-6	Home	0-4
5-5	Away	1-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-0
12-9	In-State	0-10
0-2	Out-of-State	1-0