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Middle Creek Franklinton

Mustangs

Red Rams

The Franklinton (NC) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Middle Creek (Apex, NC) in extra innings by a score of 8-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Middle Creek	0	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	7	15	2
Franklinton	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	11	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Franklinton (25-26)

Middle Creek

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.385	40	39	7	15	6	2	1
1	Katie Mertz (Fr)	.200	5	5	1	1	0	0	0
2	Amy Smith (Jr)	.333	4	3	1	1	0	0	0
3	Zoey Bruce (Fr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0	0
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	.400	5	5	1	2	0	0	0
8	Kristen Norton (Sr)	.400	5	5	1	2	0	0	0
10	Reese Davis (So)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0	0
11	Tori Gore (So)	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0	0
17	Kennedy Johnson (So)	.800	5	5	0	4	2	2	1
20	Kayla Batemon (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	2	0	0

Franklinton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.324	39	34	8	11	8	4
1	Adison Cabe (Jr)	.500	4	4	1	2	3	2
2	Stevie Campbell (Fr)	.250	4	4	1	1	1	0
3	B. Helton (So)	.500	5	2	1	1	0	1
4	Polly Wrenn (Fr)	.400	5	5	0	2	1	0
6	Madison Lada (Jr)	.250	5	4	1	1	2	1
7	Madison Peebles (Jr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0
8	Leah Taylor (Jr)	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
14	Layla Perry (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	1	0
15	Quinn Joyner (So)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0

Middle Creek

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	2	2	9	.400	.487	.887
1	Katie Mertz (Fr)	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400
2	Amy Smith (Jr)	1	0	1	0	3	.500	.333	.833
3	Zoey Bruce (Fr)	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.250	.500
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	0	0	1	0	3	.400	.400	.800
8	Kristen Norton (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800
10	Reese Davis (So)	0	2	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
11	Tori Gore (So)	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500
17	Kennedy Johnson (So)	0	0	0	0	0	.800	1.600	2.400
20	Kayla Batemon (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500

Franklinton

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	7	2	1	2	14	.385	.441	.826
1	Adison Cabe (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.500	1.000	1.500
2	Stevie Campbell (Fr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500
3	B. Helton (So)	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	.800	1.000	1.800
4	Polly Wrenn (Fr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.800
6	Madison Lada (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.500	.700
7	Madison Peebles (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
8	Leah Taylor (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
14	Layla Perry (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
15	Quinn Joyner (So)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.250	.250	.500

Middle Creek

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
2	Amy Smith (Jr)	1
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	1
10	Reese Davis (So)	1

Franklinton

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
2	Stevie Campbell (Fr)	1

Middle Creek

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.933	30	22	6	2
1	Katie Mertz (Fr)	.800	5	2	2	1
3	Zoey Bruce (Fr)	1.000	4	4	0	0
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
8	Kristen Norton (Sr)	1.000	6	6	0	0
10	Reese Davis (So)	.667	3	2	0	1
11	Tori Gore (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
17	Kennedy Johnson (So)	1.000	4	1	3	0
20	Kayla Batemon (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0	0

Franklinton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	SBA	CS
	Team Totals	.947	38	24	12	2	0	1
2	Stevie Campbell (Fr)	1.000	7	4	3	0
3	B. Helton (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0	0	1
4	Polly Wrenn (Fr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
6	Madison Lada (Jr)	.750	4	0	3	1
7	Madison Peebles (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
8	Leah Taylor (Jr)	.833	6	2	3	1
15	Quinn Joyner (So)	1.000	13	13	0	0

Middle Creek

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.86	1	.000	1
1	Katie Mertz (Fr)	0.00	1	.000	1
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	3.15	0		1

Franklinton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	3.50	0	0		1				0
6	Madison Lada (Jr)	3.50	0	0		1				0

Middle Creek

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7.1	11	8	3	2	7	39	35
1	Katie Mertz (Fr)	.2	3	5	0	1	1	8	6
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	6.2	8	3	3	1	6	31	29

Franklinton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	8	15	7	4	1	3			0	40	39
6	Madison Lada (Jr)	8	15	7	4	1	3			0	40	39

Middle Creek

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.314	.385	2	130
1	Katie Mertz (Fr)	.500	.625	1	29
5	Hailey Hoeft (Jr)	.276	.323	1	101

Franklinton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.385	.400	0	0			110
6	Madison Lada (Jr)	.385	.400	0	0			110

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Middle Creek can't get by Franklinton

March 5, 2026: Franklinton, NC 27525

The Franklinton Red Rams edged the visiting Middle Creek Mustangs softball squad by a count of 8-7 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

Next, the Red Rams play the East Wake Warriors (Wendell, NC) in a Northern Six 6A/7A challenge, on Tuesday, March 10. Franklinton will attempt to upgrade on its 2-2 season record. The Warriors enter the challenge with a 0-2 record after their 3-2 non-league loss to Bunn (Bunn, NC).

The Mustangs (1-3) will now prepare for their challenge against Garner (Garner, NC). The Trojans come into the non-league battle with a 0-2 record. In their last battle, Garner was tipped by Hoggard (Wilmington, NC), 22-9, in a non-league battle.

Middle Creek @ Franklinton Softball Game Info

Thu., Mar. 5, 2026 @ 6p

The Franklinton (NC) varsity softball team won Thursday's home non-conference game against Middle Creek (Apex, NC) in extra innings by a score of 8-7.

Rankings & Records

Middle Creek (25-26)

NC	Class
195	24

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-9	9-1	5-4	6-5	.550	.900	156	108

Franklinton (25-26)

NC	Class
238	29

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-11	4-6	5-5	6-6	.500	.400	207	152

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Middle Creek	1.9	2.3	1.4	1.0	.9	.8	.3	1.0	7.8	8.2	1.5
Franklinton	2.3	1.3	3.0	1.5	.8	.4	1.1	2.0	9.4	9.6	2.3

Team Stat Comparison

Middle Creek		Franklinton
.321	Batting Average	.336
.417	On Base Percentage	.413
.453	Slugging Percentage	.478
.919	Fielding Percentage	.888
.579	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Middle Creek		Franklinton	National Avg.
#17 Kennedy Johnson.608	Batting Average	#7 Madison Peebles.443	.288
#17 Kennedy Johnson.726	On Base Percentage	#12 Lacey Phipps.600	.406
#17 Kennedy Johnson1.157	Slugging Percentage	#3 Bailey Jo Helton.714	.395
#11 Tori Gore1.000	Fielding Percentage	#3 Bailey Jo Helton.987	.828
#5 Hailey Hoeft.688	Win Loss Percentage	-	.557

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Middle Creek	0-1		Franklinton	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/9/26	Heritage	Middle Creek	(L) 11-3	3/24/26	Franklinton	Heritage	(L) 13-3
				3/26/26	Heritage	Franklinton	(L) 15-5
				4/28/26	Franklinton	Heritage	(L) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Middle Creek (25-26)		Franklinton (25-26)
11-9	Overall	11-11
9-1	League	5-7
1-7	Non-League	6-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	0-3
5-4	Home	5-5
6-5	Away	6-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	0-1
11-9	In-State	11-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0