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Highland Tech East Gaston

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The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 8-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland Tech	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	7	6	4
East Gaston	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	8	7	0

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East Gaston (24-25)

Highland Tech

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.231	37	26	7	6	5	3
2	Coleman Schafer	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0
4	Noah Karr	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
5	Erwing Soza	.000	5	3	2	0	0	0
6	Jackson Bradley	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
8	Zane Milstead	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0
11	Trey Costner	.500	4	4	1	2	2	2
17	Grant Martin	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
22	G. Lunsford	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
24	Cooper Hartis	1.000	4	1	0	1	2	1

East Gaston

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.241	30	29	8	7	6	2
16	Parker Stafford	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
	Caleb Smith (So)	.333	3	3	2	1	0	0
	C. Barnette (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0
	Dylan Howell (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
	Dylan Wright (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	1
	Jackson Messer (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
	Jaiden Crouch (Sr)	.000	4	4	2	0	1	0
	Payton Matthews (Sr)	.333	3	3	0	1	3	1
	Zane Dodd (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	15	3	9	.459	.346	.805
2	Coleman Schafer	1	1	0	2	.500	.333	.833
4	Noah Karr	1	3	0	1	.250	.000	.250
5	Erwing Soza	1	3	1	3	.400	.000	.400
6	Jackson Bradley	0	3	0	5	.000	.000	.000
8	Zane Milstead	1	1	1	0	.750	.500	1.250
11	Trey Costner	0	1	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
17	Grant Martin	1	2	0	1	.250	.000	.250
22	G. Lunsford	1	1	0	0	.500	.333	.833
24	Cooper Hartis	2	0	1	0	1.000	2.000	3.000

East Gaston

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	9	3	2	1	.267	.310	.577
16	Parker Stafford	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000
	Caleb Smith (So)	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
	C. Barnette (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
	Dylan Howell (Sr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
	Dylan Wright (Sr)	0	2	0	0	2	.500	.750	1.250
	Jackson Messer (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
	Jaiden Crouch (Sr)	0	2	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000
	Payton Matthews (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.667	1.000
	Zane Dodd (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333

Highland Tech

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
5	Erwing Soza	1
17	Grant Martin	1

Baserunning

East Gaston has not entered any baserunning stats.

Highland Tech

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.786	28	20	2	6
2	Coleman Schafer	.667	3	2	0	1
4	Noah Karr	.000	1	0	0	1
5	Erwing Soza	.333	3	1	0	2
6	Jackson Bradley	1.000	1	1	0	0
8	Zane Milstead	.500	4	2	0	2
11	Trey Costner	1.000	5	4	1	0
22	G. Lunsford	1.000	10	9	1	0
24	Cooper Hartis	1.000	1	1	0	0

East Gaston

Fielding

Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
Team Totals	1.000	24	21	3
Caleb Smith (So)	1.000	1	1	0
Jackson Messer (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
Jaiden Crouch (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
Payton Matthews (Sr)	1.000	16	15	1
Zane Dodd (Jr)	1.000	3	2	1

Highland Tech

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.05	1	.000	1
2	Coleman Schafer	1.40	0		1
5	Erwing Soza	0.00	1	.000	1

East Gaston

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1	1.000	1
16	Parker Stafford	5.25	0		1
	Caleb Smith (So)	8.40	0		1
	C. Barnette (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6.2	6	8	1	1	9	30	29
2	Coleman Schafer	5	5	6	1	0	8	22	22
5	Erwing Soza	1.2	1	2	0	1	1	8	7

East Gaston

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	7	5	8	15	37	26
16	Parker Stafford	4	3	4	3	2	10	19	15
	Caleb Smith (So)	1.2	3	2	2	3	2	11	8
	C. Barnette (Sr)	1.1	0	1	0	3	3	7	3

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.207	.233	2	108
2	Coleman Schafer	.227	.227	0	80
5	Erwing Soza	.143	.250	2	28

East Gaston

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.459	2	3	170	1
16	Parker Stafford	.200	.368	0	2	93	0
	Caleb Smith (So)	.375	.545	1	0	46	0
	C. Barnette (Sr)	.000	.571	1	1	31	1

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - East Gaston sneaks past Highland Tech

March 4, 2025: Mt. Holly, NC 28120

The crowd at Tuesday's league battle between the East Gaston Warriors (Mt. Holly, NC) and the visiting Highland Tech Rams (Gastonia, NC), saw East Gaston's baseball team get by Highland Tech by a margin of 8-7.

The Warriors (2-2) will now prepare for their battle against South Point (Belmont, NC). The Red Raiders enter the non-league battle with a 1-3 record. In their last battle, South Point was tipped by North Lincoln (Lincolnton, NC), 7-4, in a non-league battle.

Next, the Rams face the East Gaston Warriors (Mt. Holly, NC) in a Southern Piedmont 1A/2A battle, on Friday, March 7. Highland Tech will attempt to improve on its 2-2 season record. The Warriors enter the battle with a 2-2 record after their 8-7 league win over Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC).

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Highland Tech @ East Gaston Baseball Game Info

Tue., Mar. 4, 2025 @ 6p

The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 8-7.

Rankings & Records

Highland Tech (24-25)

NC	Class
310	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-13	5-8	6-4	5-8	0-1	.458	.385	171	128

East Gaston (24-25)

NC	Class
216	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-11	8-5	7-5	4-6	2-0	.542	.615	186	171

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland Tech	1.3	1.3	1.8	.9	1.1	.9	.5	7.1	5.8	1.7
East Gaston	1.5	1.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.5	7.8	8.0	2.0

Head-to-Head

East Gaston won on 3/4/2025

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

Highland Tech 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 7 6 4
East Gaston 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 8 7 0

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity baseball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) by a score of 8-7.
Box score
East Gaston won on 3/7/2025

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

East Gaston 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 12 1
Highland Tech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2

The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity baseball team won Friday's away conference game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 8-1.
Box score
East Gaston won on 4/23/2025

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

East Gaston 2 1 0 1 3 6 - 13 13 2
Highland Tech 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 3

The East Gaston (Mt. Holly, NC) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament game against Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 13-1.
Box score

3/7 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
East Gaston	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	12	1
Highland Tech	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2

4/23 @ 1p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
East Gaston	2	1	0	1	3	6	-	13	13	2
Highland Tech	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	1	1	3

Team Stat Comparison

Highland Tech		East Gaston
.252	Batting Average	.311
.436	On Base Percentage	.429
.319	Slugging Percentage	.433
.926	Fielding Percentage	.910
.500	Win Loss Percentage	.625

Team Leaders

Highland Tech		East Gaston	National Avg.
#11 Trey Costner.364	Batting Average	Cameron Barnette.463	.239
#3 Sawyer Armstrong.600	On Base Percentage	Cameron Barnette.571	.379
#11 Trey Costner.576	Slugging Percentage	Cameron Barnette.806	.302
#12 Eli Pilkington1.000	Fielding Percentage	Seth Massey1.000	.860
#5 Erwing Soza.833	Win Loss Percentage	Cameron Barnette1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Tech	5-8		East Gaston	6-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/24/25	North Gaston	Highland Tech	(L) 10-1	2/25/25	East Gaston	North Gaston	(L) 9-3
4/22/25	Highland Tech	North Gaston	(L) 3-1
3/11/25	Burns	Highland Tech	(L) 11-0	4/1/25	East Gaston	Burns	(L) 14-0
3/13/25	Highland Tech	Burns	(L) 15-0	4/3/25	Burns	East Gaston	(L) 13-0
				4/30/25	East Gaston	Burns	(L) 14-3
3/18/25	Shelby	Highland Tech	(W) 12-4	3/25/25	East Gaston	Shelby	(W) 14-5
3/21/25	Highland Tech	Shelby	(L) 2-1	3/28/25	Shelby	East Gaston	(W) 20-2
4/1/25	Highland Tech	Cherryville	(L) 5-0	3/18/25	East Gaston	Cherryville	(L) 8-5
4/3/25	Cherryville	Highland Tech	(L) 5-3	3/21/25	Cherryville	East Gaston	(L) 7-0
4/30/25	Highland Tech	Cherryville	(L) 13-3
4/8/25	Bessemer City	Highland Tech	(W) 3-0	3/11/25	Bessemer City	East Gaston	(W) 17-1
4/14/25	Highland Tech	Bessemer City	(W) 21-1	3/13/25	East Gaston	Bessemer City	(W) 8-3
4/15/25	Highland Tech	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	(W) 16-3	4/10/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	East Gaston	(W) 10-0
4/17/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	Highland Tech	(W) 24-4	4/10/25	Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	East Gaston	(W) 12-2

Record Breakdown

Highland Tech (24-25)		East Gaston (24-25)
11-13	Overall	13-11
5-8	League	8-5
4-2	Non-League	3-4
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
5-8	Common Opponent	6-6
6-4	Home	7-5
5-8	Away	4-6
0-1	Neutral	2-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
11-13	In-State	13-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0

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North Carolina High School Baseball - East Gaston sneaks past Highland Tech

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