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Grant Park Grace Christian Academy

Dragons

Crusaders

The Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home conference game against Grant Park (IL) by a score of 12-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Grant Park	9	0	0	1	2	-	-	12	10	0
GCA	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	2	5	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Grant Park (23-24)

Grace Christian Academy (23-24)

Grant Park

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.400	31	25	12	10	12	1
0	Abigail Roberts (So)	.000	3	1	2	0	1	0
1	Claire Sluis (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	2	0
2	Kaylie Meherg (Fr)	.000	3	2	2	0	0	0
3	Reegan Thompson (Fr)	.500	4	4	2	2	2	0
5	Lydia Segert (So)		0	0	1	0	0	0
7	Cheyenne Hayes (So)	.750	4	4	2	3	3	1
9	Lola Malkowski (Fr)	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0
13	Ava Desiderio (Jr)	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
14	Abigail Garcia (Fr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
18	C. Karstensen (Fr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Abigail Watson (Sr)	.667	3	3	0	2	2	0

Grace Christian Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.238	24	21	2	5	2
0	Claire Mailloux (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0
2	Liz Kibbons (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	1
3	A. Larsen (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
4	Anna Watson (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
12	Maddie Casino (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
15	Neely Scott (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	2	1
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	.667	3	3	1	2	0
23	Lexi Salazar (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0
99	Amy Doty (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	1	0

Grant Park

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	7	2	1	2	4	.516	.440	.956
0	Abigail Roberts (So)	1	1	1	0	0	0	.667	.000	.667
1	Claire Sluis (So)	1	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.333	.833
2	Kaylie Meherg (Fr)	1	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.000	.333
3	Reegan Thompson (Fr)	0	1	0	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
7	Cheyenne Hayes (So)	0	0	0	0	1	2	.750	1.000	1.750
9	Lola Malkowski (Fr)	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
13	Ava Desiderio (Jr)	1	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
14	Abigail Garcia (Fr)	0	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
23	Abigail Watson (Sr)	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.666	1.334

Grace Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	8	7	.333	.238	.571
0	Claire Mailloux (Jr)	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
2	Liz Kibbons (Jr)	1	1	0	.333	.000	.333
3	A. Larsen (Sr)	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Anna Watson (Sr)	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
12	Maddie Casino (Jr)	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
15	Neely Scott (Sr)	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	0	0	1	.667	.666	1.334
23	Lexi Salazar (Sr)	1	1	0	.333	.000	.333
99	Amy Doty (Jr)	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Grant Park

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
2	Kaylie Meherg (Fr)	1
3	Reegan Thompson (Fr)	1

Grace Christian Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	2
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	2

Grant Park

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.842	19	15	1	3
0	Abigail Roberts (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
1	Claire Sluis (So)	.000	1	0	0	1
2	Kaylie Meherg (Fr)	.000	1	0	0	1
7	Cheyenne Hayes (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
9	Lola Malkowski (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
13	Ava Desiderio (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
14	Abigail Garcia (Fr)	.875	8	7	0	1
23	Abigail Watson (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0

Grace Christian Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.947	19	15	3	1
2	Liz Kibbons (Jr)	.500	2	0	1	1
4	Anna Watson (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
12	Maddie Casino (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
15	Neely Scott (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0
23	Lexi Salazar (Sr)	1.000	9	9	0	0

Grant Park

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	1
1	Claire Sluis (So)	1
7	Cheyenne Hayes (So)	1

Grace Christian Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	14.00	1	.000	1
2	Liz Kibbons (Jr)	18.67	0		1
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	7.00	1	.000	1

Grant Park

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	3	2	3	8	24	21
1	Claire Sluis (So)	4.2	3	2	3	8	23	20
7	Cheyenne Hayes (So)	.1	0	0	0	0	1	1

Grace Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	10	12	10	3	7	30	25
2	Liz Kibbons (Jr)	3	7	9	8	1	4	19	16
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	2	3	3	2	2	3	11	9

Grant Park

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P
	Team Totals	.143	.250	1	97
1	Claire Sluis (So)	.150	.261	1	91
7	Cheyenne Hayes (So)	.000	.000	0	6

Grace Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.400	.500	2	2	71
2	Liz Kibbons (Jr)	.438	.526	0	2	37
22	Natalie Dalton (Sr)	.333	.455	2	0	34

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Grace Christian Academy topped by Grant Park

April 11, 2024: Kankakee, IL 60901

The Grant Park Dragons softball team scored 12 runs and limited the host Grace Christian Academy Crusaders to 2 in the Dragons league triumph on Thursday.

With the triumph, Grant Park moves its record to 8-7 on the year. The Dragons host Watseka (Watseka, IL) to clash with the Warriors in a non-league game on Wednesday, April 17. The Warriors come into the game with a record of 8-2.

In their next game, the Crusaders clash with the Clifton Central Comets (Clifton, IL) in a River Valley game, on Saturday, April 13. Grace Christian Academy will attempt to move on its 1-5 season record. The Comets come into the game with a 6-7 record after their 9-3 non-league loss to Milford (Milford, IL).

Rankings & Records

Grant Park (23-24)

IL	Class
401	66

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
12-14	9-7	5-7	6-7	1-0	.462	.562	164	183

Grace Christian Academy (23-24)

IL
558

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
5-16	5-11	4-7	1-8	0-1	.238	.312	66	223

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Grant Park	1.8	1.0	1.4	.8	1.4	.7	.2	-	6.3	7.2	1.8
Grace Christian Academy	.7	.2	.9	.4	.1	.8	.6	1.0	3.1	5.8	2.7

Head-to-Head

Grant Park won last month

4/9 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

GCA 2 0 3 0 - - - 5 7 3
Grant Park 1 0 10 9 - - - 20 15 0

The Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Grant Park (IL) by a score of 20-5.
Box score
Grant Park won last month

4/11 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Grant Park 9 0 0 1 2 - - 12 10 0
GCA 0 1 0 1 0 - - 2 5 1

The Grant Park (IL) varsity softball team won Thursday's away conference game against Grace Christian Academy (Kankakee, IL) by a score of 12-2.
Box score

4/9 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
GCA	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	5	7	3
Grant Park	1	0	10	9	-	-	-	20	15	0

Team Stat Comparison

Grant Park		Grace Christian Academy
.301	Batting Average	.275
.401	On Base Percentage	.336
.416	Slugging Percentage	.358
.877	Fielding Percentage	.828
-	Win Loss Percentage	.263

Team Leaders

Grant Park		Grace Christian Academy	National Avg.
#7 Cheyenne Hayes.574	Batting Average	#22 Natalie Dalton.509	.289
#6 Mekenna Spagnoli.667	On Base Percentage	#22 Natalie Dalton.578	.405
#7 Cheyenne Hayes1.117	Slugging Percentage	#22 Natalie Dalton.836	.394
#0 Abigail Roberts1.000	Fielding Percentage	#20 Arianna Trivino1.000	.831
-	Win Loss Percentage	#22 Natalie Dalton.300	.564

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Grant Park	8-9		Grace Christian Academy	5-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/14/24	Grant Park	Watseka	(L) 13-5	3/22/24	Grace Christian Academy	Watseka	(L) 11-1
4/17/24	Watseka	Grant Park	(L) 11-5
3/19/24	Grant Park	St. Anne	(W) 15-0	4/25/24	St. Anne	Grace Christian Academy	(W) 5-3
3/21/24	St. Anne	Grant Park	(W) 15-0	5/10/24	Grace Christian Academy	St. Anne	(L) 12-7
4/6/24	Donovan	Grant Park	(L) 5-4	4/18/24	Grace Christian Academy	Donovan	(W) 8-6
4/6/24	Grant Park	Donovan	(W) 13-6	5/8/24	Donovan	Grace Christian Academy	(W) 3-2
4/8/24	Grant Park	Beecher	(L) 16-0	5/7/24	Beecher	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 19-0
4/8/24	Grant Park	Beecher	(L) 13-0	5/7/24	Beecher	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 11-0
4/10/24	Illinois Lutheran	Grant Park	(W) 8-2	4/15/24	Grace Christian Academy	Illinois Lutheran	(L) 14-3
4/10/24	Grant Park	Illinois Lutheran	(W) 7-5	4/30/24	Illinois Lutheran	Grace Christian Academy	(W) 5-0
5/14/24	Grant Park	Illinois Lutheran	(W) 3-2
4/16/24	Grant Park	Momence	(W) 12-0	3/19/24	Momence	Grace Christian Academy	(W) 8-7
4/18/24	Momence	Grant Park	(W) 4-1	3/21/24	Grace Christian Academy	Momence	(L) 12-11
4/30/24	Grant Park	Gardner-South Wilmington	(L) 9-3	4/8/24	Gardner-South Wilmington	Grace Christian Academy	(L) 10-0
5/2/24	Gardner-South Wilmington	Grant Park	(L) 17-0	5/3/24	Grace Christian Academy	Gardner-South Wilmington	(L) 17-0
				5/15/24	Grace Christian Academy	Gardner-South Wilmington	(L) 17-1
5/7/24	Clifton Central	Grant Park	(L) 6-3	4/13/24	Grace Christian Academy	Clifton Central	(L) 12-3
5/9/24	Grant Park	Clifton Central	(L) 11-4	4/19/24	Grace Christian Academy	Clifton Central	(L) 10-0

Record Breakdown

Grant Park (23-24)		Grace Christian Academy (23-24)
12-14	Overall	5-16
9-7	League	5-11
2-7	Non-League	0-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
8-9	Common Opponent	5-11
5-7	Home	4-7
6-7	Away	1-8
1-0	Neutral	0-1
1-0	Playoff	0-1
12-14	In-State	5-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1