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The Choctaw County (Ackerman, MS) varsity baseball team won Monday's home playoff game against Independence (MS) by a score of 11-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	3	7
Choctaw County	0	8	1	2	-	-	-	11	4	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (24-25)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.150	22	20	1	3	1	1
1	Kayde Holts (Sr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0	2	1	1
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
19	Dixon Ashe (Fr)	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	9	2	6	.227	.200	.427
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	0	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	1	1	1	0	.333	.000	.333
12	Gavin Pierce (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
19	Dixon Ashe (Fr)	0	1	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	1	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.750	28	12	9	7
4	Merritt Owens (Jr)	.667	3	2	0	1
6	Austin Eddie (Jr)	.000	1	0	0	1
10	Eli Stepp (Fr)	.667	6	3	1	2
14	Dallas Stepp (Sr)	1.000	3	1	2	0
15	Austin Johnson (8th)	.000	1	0	0	1
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.667	3	0	2	1
24	Braylon Davis (Jr)	.857	7	5	1	1
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	1.000	4	1	3	0

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	1.75	1
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	0.00	1
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	3.00	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	4	4	11	1	5	3	27	19
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	1.2	2	8	0	3	1	15	10
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	2.1	2	3	1	2	2	12	9

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.211	.444	3	96	1	8
17	Miller Owens (Sr)	.200	.467	2	61	1	4
45	DJ Mitchell (Sr)	.222	.417	1	35	0	4

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Choctaw County (24-25)

Choctaw County has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Independence loses to Choctaw County

April 28, 2025: Ackerman, MS 39735

In Monday's non-league bout, the Choctaw County Chargers (Ackerman, MS) baseball squad overwhelmed the visiting Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS), by a tally of 11-1.

Next up, the Chargers encounter the East Webster Wolverines (Maben, MS) in a non-league bout, on Friday, May 2. Choctaw County will attempt to upgrade on its 21-7 season record. The Wolverines enter the bout with a 26-7 record after their 7-1 non-league win over Humphreys County (Belzoni, MS).

Independence @ CCHS Baseball Game Info

Mon., Apr. 28, 2025 @ 6p

The Choctaw County (Ackerman, MS) varsity baseball team won Monday's home playoff game against Independence (MS) by a score of 11-1.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

MS	Class
211	23

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
18-12	8-0	9-3	7-8	2-1	.600	1.000	259	151

Choctaw County (24-25)

MS	Class
71	8

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
22-9	5-3	13-1	8-6	1-2	.710	.625	250	136

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	2.3	2.1	2.3	.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	8.6	6.2	2.2
Choctaw County	1.5	1.5	2.8	1.7	1.7	2.8	1.8	8.1	8.7	1.8

Head-to-Head

Choctaw County won on 4/26/2025

4/26 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Choctaw County 0 4 2 6 0 - - 12 12 2
Independence 0 0 1 0 0 - - 1 4 3

The Choctaw County (Ackerman, MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away playoff game against Independence (MS) by a score of 12-1.
Box score
Choctaw County won on 4/27/2025

4/27 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence - - - - - - - 1 - -
Choctaw County - - - - - - - 11 - -

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Sunday's away playoff game against Choctaw County (Ackerman, MS) by a score of 11-1.
Box score
Choctaw County won on 4/28/2025

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

Independence 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 3 7
Choctaw County 0 8 1 2 - - - 11 4 2

The Independence (MS) varsity baseball team lost Monday's away playoff game against Choctaw County (Ackerman, MS) by a score of 11-1.
Box score

4/26 @ 5p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Choctaw County	0	4	2	6	0	-	-	12	12	2
Independence	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	1	4	3

4/27 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Choctaw County	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Choctaw County
.279	Batting Average	-
.434	On Base Percentage	-
.334	Slugging Percentage	-
.900	Fielding Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Independence		Choctaw County	National Avg.
#14 Dallas Stepp.365	Batting Average	-	.239
#45 DJ Mitchell.529	On Base Percentage	-	.379
#17 Miller Owens.429	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
#19 Dixon Ashe1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	1-2		Choctaw County	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/11/25	Independence	West Point	(L) 13-3	2/25/25	West Point	Choctaw County	(W) 12-0
4/4/25	Independence	South Pontotoc	(L) 14-2	2/28/25	Choctaw County	South Pontotoc	(W) 8-5
4/8/25	Independence	Bruce	(W) 6-1	2/18/25	Bruce	Choctaw County	(W) 14-7
				2/21/25	Choctaw County	Bruce

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Choctaw County (24-25)
18-12	Overall	22-9
8-0	League	5-3
8-9	Non-League	12-4
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
1-2	Common Opponent	3-0
9-3	Home	13-1
7-8	Away	8-6
2-1	Neutral	1-2
2-3	Playoff	5-2
16-11	In-State	22-9
2-1	Out-of-State	0-0