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The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Illini West (Carthage, IL) by a score of 8-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Illini West	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	4
Mercer County	2	0	3	0	2	1	-	8	11	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Mercer County (24-25)

Illini West

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	2B
	Team Totals	.233	31	30	1	7	1
4	Kennedy Gunning	.250	4	4	0	1	0
9	Raina Flynn	.000	3	3	0	0	0
10	Madison Hall	.000	3	3	0	0	0
12	Kate DeSotel	.250	4	4	0	1	0
14	Corin Robinson	.250	4	4	0	1	0
21	AJ Cook	.333	3	3	1	1	0
23	Lexis Carle	.000	3	3	0	0	0
24	Natalie Wibbell	.500	3	2	0	1	0
33	Olivia Johnson	.500	4	4	0	2	1

Mercer County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.355	34	31	8	11	5	1
2	M. Campbell-Baker	.333	4	3	2	1	0	1
3	Kelsie Weeks	.750	4	4	0	3	1	0
4	Elsie Cook	.750	4	4	3	3	2	0
5	A. Gillespie	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0
10	Payton Ruggles	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0
18	Kylie Weeks	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
20	Jayden Weeks	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
22	Peyton Knapp	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
27	Natalie Thomson	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	6	3	9	.233	.267	.500
4	Kennedy Gunning	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500
9	Raina Flynn	0	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
10	Madison Hall	0	2	1	3	.000	.000	.000
12	Kate DeSotel	0	2	0	2	.250	.250	.500
14	Corin Robinson	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500
21	AJ Cook	0	0	1	2	.333	.333	.666
23	Lexis Carle	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
24	Natalie Wibbell	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
33	Olivia Johnson	0	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	6	1	2	8	.412	.387	.799
2	M. Campbell-Baker	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.667	1.167
3	Kelsie Weeks	0	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500
4	Elsie Cook	0	0	0	1	1	.750	.750	1.500
5	A. Gillespie	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
10	Payton Ruggles	0	1	0	1	2	.500	.500	1.000
18	Kylie Weeks	0	1	1	0	4	.000	.000	.000
20	Jayden Weeks	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
22	Peyton Knapp	1	1	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
27	Natalie Thomson	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250

Baserunning

Illini West has not entered any baserunning stats.

Mercer County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	M. Campbell-Baker	1
3	Kelsie Weeks	2
18	Kylie Weeks	1

Illini West

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.857	21	18	3
4	Kennedy Gunning	1.000	2	2	0
9	Raina Flynn	1.000	1	1	0
10	Madison Hall	.500	2	1	1
14	Corin Robinson	1.000	6	6	0
21	AJ Cook	1.000	2	2	0
23	Lexis Carle	.800	5	4	1
24	Natalie Wibbell	.667	3	2	1

Mercer County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.903	31	21	7	3
2	M. Campbell-Baker	1.000	2	0	2	0
3	Kelsie Weeks	.000	1	0	0	1
5	A. Gillespie	1.000	2	1	1	0
18	Kylie Weeks	1.000	4	3	1	0
20	Jayden Weeks	.667	6	2	2	2
22	Peyton Knapp	1.000	8	8	0	0
27	Natalie Thomson	1.000	8	7	1	0

Illini West

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	8.17	1
18	Hayden Wibbell	9.33	1
22	Hattie Wood	7.00	1

Mercer County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
5	A. Gillespie	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	11	8	7	3	6	34	31
18	Hayden Wibbell	3	6	5	4	2	1	18	16
22	Hattie Wood	3	5	3	3	1	5	16	15

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	1	0	0	7			0	31	31
5	A. Gillespie	7	7	1	0	0	7			0	31	31

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.355	.412	123
18	Hayden Wibbell	.375	.444	61
22	Hattie Wood	.333	.375	62

Mercer County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.226	.226	0	0			82
5	A. Gillespie	.226	.226	0	0			82

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Illini West Mercer County

March 27, 2025: Aledo, IL 61231

In Thursday's non-league test, the Mercer County Golden Eagles (Aledo, IL) softball squad overwhelmed the visiting Illini West Chargers (Carthage, IL), by a tally of 8-1.

Next, the Golden Eagles clash with the Alleman Pioneers (Rock Island, IL) in a non-league test, on Friday, March 28. Mercer County will attempt to advance on its 4-0 season record. The Pioneers go into the test with a 2-2 record after their 19-3 non-league win over Orion (Orion, IL).

The Chargers (2-3) will now prepare for their test against Rushville-Industry (Rushville, IL). The Rockets go into the non-league test with a 0-1 record.

Illini West @ Mercer County Softball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 27, 2025 @ 4:30p

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Illini West (Carthage, IL) by a score of 8-1.

Rankings & Records

Illini West (24-25)

IL	Class
397	104

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
10-21	2-5	6-9	4-10	0-2	.323	.286	128	208

Mercer County (24-25)

IL	Class
164	42

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
21-12	5-5	12-4	9-4	0-4	.636	.500	246	143

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Illini West	.9	.4	.9	.7	.4	.8	.8	-	-	4.1	6.6	2.2
Mercer County	2.1	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	.6	.6	0	1.0	7.5	9.5	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Illini West		Mercer County
.253	Batting Average	.342
.327	On Base Percentage	.413
.325	Slugging Percentage	.537
.881	Fielding Percentage	.923
.333	Win Loss Percentage	.656

Team Leaders

Illini West		Mercer County	National Avg.
#2 McKenzie Yeakey.500	Batting Average	#27 Natalie Thomson.444	.287
#11 Alivia Frazier.625	On Base Percentage	#25 Tiki Lang.500	.406
#2 McKenzie Yeakey.500	Slugging Percentage	#27 Natalie Thomson.726	.393
#13 Karsyn Bliss1.000	Fielding Percentage	#21 AnnaMae Linder1.000	.829
#2 McKenzie Yeakey.333	Win Loss Percentage	#3 Kelsie Weeks1.000	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Illini West	3-4		Mercer County	5-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/1/25	West Prairie	Illini West	(W) 10-0	4/29/25	West Prairie	Mercer County	(W) 12-2
4/3/25	Monmouth-Roseville	Illini West	(W) 6-1	4/28/25	Mercer County	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 10-0
				5/1/25	Monmouth-Roseville	Mercer County	(W) 7-1
4/9/25	Illini West	Sherrard	(L) 7-1	4/21/25	Mercer County	Sherrard	(L) 5-4
				4/24/25	Sherrard	Mercer County	(L) 11-6
4/16/25	Illini West	Farmington	(L) 7-3	3/31/25	Farmington	Mercer County	(W) 6-5
4/30/25	Brimfield	Illini West	(L) 16-0	5/12/25	Mercer County	Brimfield	(L) 4-0
5/5/25	Bushnell-Prairie City	Illini West	(W) 16-2	4/8/25	Mercer County	Bushnell-Prairie City	(W) 27-2
5/14/25	Illini West	Biggsville West Central	(L) 11-1	4/18/25	Mercer County	Biggsville West Central	(L) 5-0

Record Breakdown

Illini West (24-25)		Mercer County (24-25)
10-21	Overall	21-12
2-5	League	5-5
8-11	Non-League	15-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-4	Common Opponent	5-4
6-9	Home	12-4
4-10	Away	9-4
0-2	Neutral	0-4
0-1	Playoff	1-1
10-21	In-State	21-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0