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McDowell Watauga

Titans

Pioneers

The Watauga (Boone, NC) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 9-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McDowell	1	1	0	4	1	1	1	9	10	0
Watauga	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	11

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Watauga (25-26)

McDowell

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.375	35	32	9	12	7	2
1	Derika Lytle (Jr)	.667	4	3	1	2	1	1
2	Hannah Aldridge (Sr)	.750	4	4	0	3	2	1
3	Presley Young (So)	.500	4	4	3	2	0	0
5	Kadyn Gibby (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
7	Megan Woodby (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0
9	Addison Ray (Jr)	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0
10	Jenna Shuping (So)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
12	KK Caldwell (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
15	Rylie Ledford (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	1	0
17	Riley Warren (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
77	Sammie Jo Davis (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	2	0

Watauga

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.087	30	23	1	2	1	2
2	Presli Wood (Jr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	1
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
5	Lula Elrod (Fr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
9	Peyton Guy (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
11	C. Moretz (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
13	Cam Otto (So)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
21	Roxie Elrod (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
23	Bralee Shoemake (Jr)	1.000	3	1	0	1	1	1

McDowell

#	Athlete Name	SF	SH/B	K	ROE	FC	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	5	4	1	.364	.438	.802
1	Derika Lytle (Jr)	0	1	1	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
2	Hannah Aldridge (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	.750	1.000	1.750
3	Presley Young (So)	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
9	Addison Ray (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
10	Jenna Shuping (So)	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
12	KK Caldwell (So)	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Rylie Ledford (Jr)	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
17	Riley Warren (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
77	Sammie Jo Davis (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000

Watauga

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	13	1	2	15	.300	.174	.474
2	Presli Wood (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	1	1	1	1	0	.500	.000	.500
5	Lula Elrod (Fr)	1	2	0	0	4	.250	.000	.250
9	Peyton Guy (Jr)	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
11	C. Moretz (Jr)	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
13	Cam Otto (So)	1	2	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
21	Roxie Elrod (Jr)	0	3	0	1	6	.000	.000	.000
23	Bralee Shoemake (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000

McDowell

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	6	7
2	Hannah Aldridge (Sr)	1	2
3	Presley Young (So)	1	1
5	Kadyn Gibby (Jr)	1	1
9	Addison Ray (Jr)	2	2
10	Jenna Shuping (So)	1	1

Watauga

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	1

Fielding

McDowell has not entered any fielding stats.

Watauga

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.656	32	21	11	1
2	Presli Wood (Jr)	.800	5	4	1	1
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	.000	3	0	3	0
5	Lula Elrod (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
11	C. Moretz (Jr)	.000	1	0	1	0
12	Addison Moody (Fr)	.667	3	2	1	0
13	Cam Otto (So)	.667	3	2	1	0
21	Roxie Elrod (Jr)	.750	4	3	1	0
23	Bralee Shoemake (Jr)	.000	1	0	1	0

McDowell

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.05				1
19	Layla Presnell (Sr)	1.05				1

Watauga

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	.000	2
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	3.00	0		1
12	Addison Moody (Fr)	1.50	1	.000	1

McDowell

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	2	1	1	6	12			0	29	22
19	Layla Presnell (Sr)	6.2	2	1	1	6	12			0	29	22

Watauga

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	10	9	2	5	35	35
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	2.1	3	2	1	2	9	9
12	Addison Moody (Fr)	4.2	7	7	1	3	26	26

McDowell

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.091	.310	0	1			131
19	Layla Presnell (Sr)	.091	.310	0	1			131

Watauga

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.286	.286	1	129
3	Sierra Costner (Fr)	.333	.333	0	35
12	Addison Moody (Fr)	.269	.269	1	94

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Watauga defeated by McDowell

March 24, 2026: Boone, NC 28607

The Watauga Pioneers softball team (Boone, NC), was routed 9-1 in Tuesday's league bout with the visiting McDowell Titans (Marion, NC)

The Titans (6-4) will now prepare for their bout against Freedom (Morganton, NC). The Patriots go into the Northwestern 6A/7A bout with a 4-8 record. In their last bout, Freedom was routed by Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC), 15-1, in a league bout.

In their next game, the Pioneers battle the North Iredell Raiders (Olin, NC) in a non-league bout, on Wednesday, March 25. Watauga will attempt to advance on its 5-6 season record. The Raiders go into the bout with a 3-2 record after their 6-4 league loss to Lake Norman (Mooresville, NC).

McDowell @ Watauga Softball Game Info

Tue., Mar. 24, 2026 @ 6p

The Watauga (Boone, NC) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's home conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 9-1.

Rankings & Records

McDowell (25-26)

NC	Class
116	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-11	7-4	6-5	7-6	.542	.636	130	125

Watauga (25-26)

NC	Class
156	15

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-12	4-6	9-4	5-8	.538	.400	179	153

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
McDowell	1.4	.4	.5	.9	.9	.9	.9	1.3	0	0	0	0	2.0	5.4	6.8	1.1
Watauga	1.7	.3	1.8	1.5	1.5	.6	.4	0	-	-	-	-	-	6.9	8.6	2.5

Head-to-Head

McDowell won on 3/24/2026

3/24 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

McDowell 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 9 10 0
Watauga 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 11

The McDowell (Marion, NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 9-1.
Box score
Watauga won last month

4/21 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Watauga 2 0 3 1 2 1 0 9 15 2
McDowell 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 8 3

The Watauga (Boone, NC) varsity softball team won Tuesday's away conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 9-4.
Box score

4/21 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Watauga	2	0	3	1	2	1	0	9	15	2
McDowell	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	8	3

Team Stat Comparison

McDowell		Watauga
.280	Batting Average	.324
.354	On Base Percentage	.408
.377	Slugging Percentage	.443
-	Fielding Percentage	.888
-	Win Loss Percentage	.538

Team Leaders

McDowell		Watauga	National Avg.
#4 Sydney Stafford1.000	Batting Average	#14 Allie Ellis.452	.288
#4 Sydney Stafford1.000	On Base Percentage	#14 Allie Ellis.500	.407
#4 Sydney Stafford2.000	Slugging Percentage	#11 Charlotte Moretz.671	.396
-	Fielding Percentage	#10 Ellie Sebastian1.000	.828
-	Win Loss Percentage	#3 Sierra Costner1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McDowell	6-4		Watauga	4-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/13/26	South Caldwell	McDowell	(W) 8-6	3/18/26	Watauga	South Caldwell	(L) 13-1
4/2/26	McDowell	South Caldwell	(L) 3-1	4/14/26	South Caldwell	Watauga	(L) 16-2
				4/30/26	Watauga	South Caldwell	(L) 10-0
3/19/26	Alexander Central	McDowell	(W) 5-4	3/20/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(L) 5-0
4/14/26	McDowell	Alexander Central	(L) 10-0	4/17/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(L) 16-0
4/30/26	McDowell	Alexander Central	(L) 9-2
3/20/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(L) 12-1	3/27/26	Watauga	St. Stephens	(W) 3-2
4/17/26	McDowell	St. Stephens	(W) 9-4	4/24/26	St. Stephens	Watauga	(L) 7-0
4/27/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(W) 12-11
3/27/26	McDowell	Freedom	(W) 5-1	3/13/26	Watauga	Freedom	(W) 18-4
4/24/26	Freedom	McDowell	(W) 10-7	4/2/26	Freedom	Watauga	(W) 8-3
				4/27/26	Freedom	Watauga	(W) 11-0

Record Breakdown

McDowell (25-26)		Watauga (25-26)
13-11	Overall	14-12
7-5	League	5-7
5-5	Non-League	8-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-4	Common Opponent	4-6
6-5	Home	9-4
7-6	Away	5-8
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	1-1
13-11	In-State	14-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0