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The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) by a score of 11-0.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
St. Stephens	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	3	2
Alexander Central	0	0	0	0	9	2	-	11	10	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Alexander Central (25-26)

Batting

St. Stephens has not entered any batting stats.

Alexander Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.400	29	25	11	10	8	2
1	Kade Church (Sr)	.667	4	3	2	2	0	0
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	.500	3	2	2	1	1	0
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
4	Isaac Chapman (Jr)		0	0	2	0	0	0
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	1	0
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1	1
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0	0
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	.500	4	4	1	2	4	1

St. Stephens has not entered any batting stats.

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	6	1	2	.464	.480	.944
1	Kade Church (Sr)	0	1	1	0	0	.750	.667	1.417
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	0	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.750	1.250

Baserunning

St. Stephens has not entered any baserunning stats.

Alexander Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	1

Fielding

St. Stephens has not entered any fielding stats.

Alexander Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	18	18	2
1	Kade Church (Sr)	1.000	3	3	0
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	1.000	1	1	0
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	1.000	1	1	0
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	1.000	3	3	1
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	1.000	4	4	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	1.000	2	2	1

St. Stephens

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	2
10	D. Carmichael (Sr)	1
19	Dillon Church (Sr)	1

Alexander Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	0.00	1	0	1.000	1				0

St. Stephens has not entered any pitching stats.

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	3	0	0	1	4			0	20	19
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	6	3	0	0	1	4			0	20	19

St. Stephens

#	Athlete Name	#P
	Team Totals	100
10	D. Carmichael (Sr)	20
19	Dillon Church (Sr)	80

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.158	.200	0	0			64	0	0	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	.158	.200	0	0			64	0	0	0

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Alexander Central wallops St. Stephens

April 2, 2026: Taylorsville, NC 28681

The Alexander Central Cougars baseball team scored 11 runs and held the visiting St. Stephens Indians to 0 in the Cougars league win on Thursday.

The Cougars now own a 13-2 record. They take the field next when they host Foard for a non-league test on Monday, April 6. Alexander Central will clash with a Tigers team coming off a 19-4 league loss to West Iredell (Statesville, NC). The Tigers record now stands at 2-12.

With the defeat, St. Stephens drops to 11-4 on the year. The Indians host Bunker Hill (Claremont, NC) to clash with the Bears in a non-league test on Monday, April 6. The Bears go into the test with a record of 3-10. Bunker Hill lost 9-8 in their recent league bout against Maiden (Maiden, NC)

St. Stephens @ ACHS Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 2, 2026 @ 6:30p

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's home conference game against St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) by a score of 11-0.

Rankings & Records

St. Stephens (25-26)

NC	Class
47	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
17-5	7-3	8-3	8-1	1-1	.773	.700	170	92

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
14	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
20-3	9-1	11-1	7-2	2-0	.870	.900	183	49

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Stephens	.8	1.1	1.6	1.4	.6	1.5	1.4	.5	2.0	7.7	8.7	1.4
Alexander Central	1.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	1.6	1.3	.2	-	-	8.0	8.4	.8

Head-to-Head

Alexander Central won last month

3/13 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

ACHS 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 10 11 3
St. Stephens 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 7 5 1

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity baseball team won Friday's away conference game against St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) by a score of 10-7.
Box score
Alexander Central won this month

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

St. Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2
ACHS 0 0 0 0 9 2 - 11 10 0

The St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 11-0.
Box score

3/13 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
ACHS	1	3	1	4	0	1	0	10	11	3
St. Stephens	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	7	5	1

Team Stat Comparison

St. Stephens		Alexander Central
-	Batting Average	.336
-	On Base Percentage	.456
-	Slugging Percentage	.453
-	Fielding Percentage	.959
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.870

Team Leaders

St. Stephens		Alexander Central	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#5 Gunnar Johnson.469	.245
-	On Base Percentage	#5 Gunnar Johnson.561	.389
-	Slugging Percentage	#5 Gunnar Johnson.734	.315
-	Fielding Percentage	#11 Carter Bowman1.000	.858
#10 Duncan Carmichael1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Gunnar Johnson1.000	.541

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Stephens	13-2		Alexander Central	11-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/27/26	St. Stephens	North Iredell	(W) 10-1	3/6/26	Alexander Central	North Iredell	(W) 10-0
3/11/26	North Iredell	St. Stephens	(W) 11-0
3/4/26	St. Stephens	Newton-Conover	(W) 5-3	4/8/26	Alexander Central	Newton-Conover	(W) 11-1
4/7/26	Newton-Conover	St. Stephens	(L) 7-6
3/10/26	Mooresville	St. Stephens	(W) 6-5	4/15/26	Mooresville	Alexander Central	(W) 5-3
3/18/26	Freedom	St. Stephens	(W) 13-3	3/24/26	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 13-1
4/14/26	St. Stephens	Freedom	(W) 10-1	4/21/26	Freedom	Alexander Central	(W) 6-0
3/20/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(W) 10-0	3/19/26	Alexander Central	McDowell	(W) 12-2
4/17/26	McDowell	St. Stephens	(W) 3-2	4/14/26	McDowell	Alexander Central	(W) 11-0
3/24/26	St. Stephens	South Caldwell	(W) 5-3	3/27/26	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 4-1
4/21/26	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(W) 8-5	4/24/26	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(L) 4-2
3/25/26	St. Stephens	Hickory	(W) 15-14	4/7/26	Alexander Central	Hickory	(W) 10-0
4/8/26	Hickory	St. Stephens	(W) 12-2
3/27/26	Watauga	St. Stephens	(L) 3-2	3/20/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 7-2
4/24/26	St. Stephens	Watauga	(W) 5-3	4/17/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 14-2

Record Breakdown

St. Stephens (25-26)		Alexander Central (25-26)
17-5	Overall	20-3
7-3	League	9-1
8-1	Non-League	9-2
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
13-2	Common Opponent	11-1
8-3	Home	11-1
8-1	Away	7-2
1-1	Neutral	2-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
17-5	In-State	20-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0