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Ava Houston

Bears

Tigers

The Houston (MO) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Ava (MO) by a score of 8-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Ava	3	0	0	2	0	2	1	8	7	0
Houston	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Ava (25-26)

Ava has not entered stats for this game.

Houston (25-26)

Houston

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.286	30	28	4	8	4	1	2
3	Ashley Gilbert	.333	3	3	0	1	0	1	0
8	Jenna Warner	1.000	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	Katy Evans	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0	1
12	Izzy Cook	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
15	Natalie Clinton	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
17	Gracyn McNiell	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
24	Claire Benoist	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	Ava Koch	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
31	Ember Green		1	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Lilly Kincaid	.500	4	4	2	2	2	0	1

Houston

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	4	1	5	.310	.536	.846
3	Ashley Gilbert	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.667	1.000
8	Jenna Warner	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
9	Katy Evans	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.250	1.750
12	Izzy Cook	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
15	Natalie Clinton	0	0	2	0	3	.000	.000	.000
17	Gracyn McNiell	0	1	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
24	Claire Benoist	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
28	Ava Koch	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
31	Ember Green	1	0	0	0	0
33	Lilly Kincaid	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.250	1.750

Houston

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.971	34	21	12	1
3	Ashley Gilbert	1.000	11	11	0	0
9	Katy Evans	1.000	3	3	0	0
15	Natalie Clinton	1.000	1	1	0	0
17	Gracyn McNiell	1.000	7	3	4	0
24	Claire Benoist	1.000	5	1	4	0
28	Ava Koch	.750	4	1	2	1
33	Lilly Kincaid	1.000	3	1	2	0

Houston

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	6.00	0	0		1				0
33	Lilly Kincaid	6.00	0	0		1				0

Houston

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	8	6	4	7			2	34	29
33	Lilly Kincaid	7	7	8	6	4	7			2	34	29

Houston

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.241	.353	1	1			136
33	Lilly Kincaid	.241	.353	1	1			136

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Game Story

Missouri High School Softball - Ava bounces Houston

April 23, 2026: Houston, MO 65483

The Ava Bears softball team scored 8 runs and held the host Houston Tigers to 4 in the Bears non-league win on Thursday.

The Bears now sport a 11-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Reeds Spring for a non-league battle on Monday, April 27. Ava will encounter a Wolves team coming off a 16-4 non-league win over Hollister (Hollister, MO). The Wolves record now stands at 11-12.

With the loss, Houston moves to 10-3 on the season. The Tigers travel to Alton (Alton, MO) to encounter the Comets in a Class 2 District 4 battle on Monday, April 27. The Comets come into the battle with a record of 8-8. Alton won 18-3 in their recent non-league battle against Couch (Myrtle, MO)

Ava @ Houston Softball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 23, 2026 @ 4:30p

Houston High School

The Houston (MO) varsity softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Ava (MO) by a score of 8-4.

Rankings & Records

Ava (25-26)

MO	Class
22	13

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-8	8-4	11-3	7-5	.692	.667	206	128

Houston (25-26)

MO	Class
38	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-7	8-2	8-2	10-3	0-2	.720	.800	310	191

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Ava	1.7	1.0	.4	1.1	.7	1.5	1.0	-	7.9	8.3	1.9
Houston	3.0	3.6	2.4	2.3	1.9	1.1	.7	1.0	12.4	10.3	2.1

Head-to-Head

Ava won on 3/28/2026

3/28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Houston - - - - - - - 2 - -
Ava - - - - - - - 14 - -

The Houston (MO) varsity softball team lost Saturday's away conference game against Ava (MO) by a score of 14-2.
Box score
Ava won on 4/23/2026

4/23 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Ava 3 0 0 2 0 2 1 8 7 0
Houston 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 1

The Ava (MO) varsity softball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Houston (MO) by a score of 8-4.
Box score

3/28	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Houston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Ava	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Ava		Houston
-	Batting Average	.380
-	On Base Percentage	.488
-	Slugging Percentage	.695
-	Fielding Percentage	.927

Team Leaders

Ava		Houston	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#25 Makayla Hood.667	.288
-	On Base Percentage	#25 Makayla Hood.667	.407
-	Slugging Percentage	#25 Makayla Hood1.333	.396
-	Fielding Percentage	#25 Makayla Hood1.000	.828

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ava	12-4		Houston	11-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/26	Plato	Ava	(W) 8-7	4/30/26	Houston	Plato	(W) 15-12
4/25/26	Plato	Ava	(W) 5-0
3/26/26	Licking	Ava	(W) 8-5	5/1/26	Houston	Licking	(W) 14-0
3/28/26	Ava	Salem	(W) 9-4	3/28/26	Houston	Salem	(W) 5-3
4/2/26	Ava	Salem	(W) 14-6	4/6/26	Salem	Houston	(W) 9-8
3/28/26	Ava	Willow Springs	(L) 15-14	4/2/26	Willow Springs	Houston
4/16/26	Willow Springs	Ava	(W) 5-2	5/5/26	Willow Springs	Houston	(W) 13-12
3/30/26	Mansfield	Ava	(W) 11-5	3/26/26	Mansfield	Houston	(W) 12-5
				3/26/26	Mansfield	Houston	(W) 12-5
4/6/26	Ava	Cabool	(W) 13-0	4/20/26	Houston	Cabool	(W) 18-3
4/9/26	Liberty	Ava	(W) 13-0	5/6/26	Liberty	Houston	(W) 20-2
4/13/26	Mountain Grove	Ava	(L) 13-8	3/28/26	Houston	Mountain Grove	(W) 18-16
4/25/26	Mountain Grove	Ava	(W) 6-2	4/9/26	Houston	Mountain Grove	(W) 7-1
4/26/26	Ava	Mountain Grove	(W) 6-2
5/11/26	Mountain Grove	Ava	(W) 12-4
4/20/26	Thayer	Ava	(L) 2-1	4/13/26	Houston	Thayer
5/12/26	Ava	Thayer	(L) 4-2	4/17/26	Houston	Thayer	(L) 1-0
				5/20/26	Houston	Thayer	(L) 10-2

Record Breakdown

Ava (25-26)		Houston (25-26)
18-8	Overall	18-7
8-4	League	8-2
9-4	Non-League	10-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
12-4	Common Opponent	11-2
11-3	Home	8-2
7-5	Away	10-3
0-0	Neutral	0-2
0-0	Playoff	0-1
18-8	In-State	18-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-3