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Independence Vardaman

Wildcats I

Rams

The Vardaman (MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 7-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	1
Vardaman	1	0	1	1	1	3	-	7	11	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Vardaman (23-24)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.308	26	26	2	8	2
4	Merritt Owens	1.000	1	1	0	1	0
6	Austin Eddie		0	0	1	0	0
7	Jeremy Ray	.000	2	2	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp	.333	3	3	0	1	1
12	Gavin Pierce	.000	2	2	0	0	0
13	Brady Adams	.333	3	3	0	1	0
14	Dallas Stepp	.000	3	3	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens	.333	3	3	1	1	0
21	Ethan Wright	.333	3	3	0	1	0
24	Braylon Davis	.333	3	3	0	1	1
45	DJ Mitchell	.667	3	3	0	2	0

Vardaman

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.321	32	28	7	9	6	4	2
1	Mason Massey (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	Josh Jenkins (Jr)	1.000	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	0	0	2
5	Brady White (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	2	1	0
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0	0
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1	0
9	Ethan Parker (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	2	0	0
12	Justyn Gordon (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	1	1	0
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	3	.308	.307	.616
4	Merritt Owens	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	Jeremy Ray	1	1	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp	0	0	.333	.333	.666
12	Gavin Pierce	2	3	.000	.000	.000
13	Brady Adams	0	0	.333	.333	.666
14	Dallas Stepp	0	1	.000	.000	.000
17	Miller Owens	0	0	.333	.333	.666
21	Ethan Wright	1	2	.333	.333	.666
24	Braylon Davis	0	2	.333	.333	.666
45	DJ Mitchell	1	0	.667	.666	1.334

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	5	2	2	7	.406	.607	1.013
1	Mason Massey (Jr)	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
2	Josh Jenkins (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	1	1	0	0	0	.750	2.000	2.750
5	Brady White (Jr)	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.500	.750
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.666	1.000
9	Ethan Parker (Sr)	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.250	.500
12	Justyn Gordon (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500

Baserunning

Independence has not entered any baserunning stats.

Vardaman

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
9	Ethan Parker (Sr)	1
12	Justyn Gordon (Sr)	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.960	25	18	6	1
4	Merritt Owens	1.000	2	2	0	0
7	Jeremy Ray	1.000	2	1	1	0
10	Eli Stepp	1.000	2	2	0	0
13	Brady Adams	1.000	3	2	1	0
14	Dallas Stepp	1.000	2	1	1	0
16	Kaleb Kitchen	.800	5	4	0	1
17	Miller Owens	1.000	4	1	3	0
24	Braylon Davis	1.000	5	5	0	0

Vardaman

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.913	23	20	1	2
2	Josh Jenkins (Jr)	1.000	8	8	0	0
3	Andrew Easley (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
6	B. Hamilton (Jr)	.333	3	1	0	2
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
12	Justyn Gordon (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	1.000	5	4	1	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.83	1
14	Dallas Stepp	2.80	1
21	Ethan Wright	21.00	1

Vardaman

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.05	1
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	0.00	1
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	1.91	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	7	5	2	4	32	28
14	Dallas Stepp	5	9	4	2	0	4	24	23
21	Ethan Wright	1	2	3	3	2	0	8	5

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	7	2	1	7	26	26
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	3	0	0	0	3	9	9
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	3.2	7	2	1	4	17	17

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.393	.469	2	108	1	2
14	Dallas Stepp	.391	.417	1	80	1	2
21	Ethan Wright	.400	.625	1	28	0	0

Vardaman

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.269	.269	76
8	Jack Moore (Fr)	.000	.000	29
24	Chandler Easley (Sr)	.412	.412	47

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Vardaman defeats Independence

March 23, 2024: Vardaman, MS 38878

The Vardaman Rams (Vardaman, MS) baseball the visiting Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS), 7-2 in Saturday's non-league contest.

Coming up next, the Rams encounter the Okolona Chieftains (Okolona, MS) in a 1A Region 4 contest, on Monday, March 25. Vardaman will attempt to better on its 11-3 season record.

The Wildcats now sport a 11-9 record. They play next when they host Holly Springs for a 3A Region 2 contest on Tuesday, March 26.

Independence @ Vardaman Baseball Game Info

Sat., Mar. 23, 2024 @ 2p

The Vardaman (MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 7-2.

Rankings & Records

Independence (23-24)

MS	Class
214	25

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
17-13	8-0	10-4	7-9	.567	1.000	304	169

Vardaman (23-24)

MS	Class
136	10

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
21-7	9-1	12-2	7-3	2-2	.750	.900	255	125

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Independence	2.7	2.9	2.6	1.5	.2	.8	1.6	-	-	-	10.1	8.7	1.6
Vardaman	1.5	1.7	1.1	1.6	2.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	.5	1.0	9.1	8.6	1.5

Head-to-Head

Vardaman won on 3/1/2024

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

Vardaman 1 0 1 0 5 5 - 12 5 0
Independence 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 5

The Vardaman (MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 12-0.
Box score
Vardaman won on 3/23/2024

3/23 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 1
Vardaman 1 0 1 1 1 3 - 7 11 2

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's away non-conference game against Vardaman (MS) by a score of 7-2.
Box score

3/1 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Vardaman	1	0	1	0	5	5	-	12	5	0
Independence	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	1	5

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Vardaman
.349	Batting Average	.307
.464	On Base Percentage	.460
.443	Slugging Percentage	.424
.870	Fielding Percentage	.905
-	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Independence		Vardaman	National Avg.
#17 Miller Owens.434	Batting Average	#5 Brady White.419	.239
#2 Levi Graham1.000	On Base Percentage	#3 Andrew Easley.540	.377
#45 DJ Mitchell.555	Slugging Percentage	#3 Andrew Easley.614	.299
#34 Jacob Poynor1.000	Fielding Percentage	#22 Landen Love1.000	.862
-	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Brady White1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	4-1		Vardaman	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/24	Potts Camp	Independence	(W) 10-4	3/14/24	Potts Camp	Vardaman	(W) 2-1
3/4/24	Independence	Potts Camp	(W) 2-0
2/29/24	Independence	Houlka	(W) 17-0	4/12/24	Vardaman	Houlka	(W) 7-6
3/11/24	Houlka	Independence	(W) 15-0	4/12/24	Vardaman	Houlka	(W) 19-0
3/2/24	Independence	South Pontotoc	(L) 11-1	2/23/24	Vardaman	South Pontotoc	(L) 7-5

Record Breakdown

I Independence (23-24)		Vardaman (23-24)
17-13	Overall	21-7
8-0	League	9-1
9-11	Non-League	11-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
4-1	Common Opponent	3-1
10-4	Home	12-2
7-9	Away	7-3
0-0	Neutral	2-2
0-2	Playoff	1-2
16-13	In-State	21-7
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0