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The St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's neutral conference tournament game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 4-3.

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

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Game Stats

St. Stephens (25-26)

Alexander Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
	Team Totals	.286	27	21	4	6	4	1	1
1	Kade Church (Sr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	.500	3	2	2	1	0	0	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	2	0	0
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	1.000	3	2	0	2	2	1	0
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0	0

Batting

St. Stephens has not entered any batting stats.

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	2	2	10	.407	.429	.836
1	Kade Church (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.666
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	0	1	0	0	2	.667	1.500	2.167
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	.667	.000	.667

St. Stephens has not entered any batting stats.

Alexander Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	1

Baserunning

St. Stephens has not entered any baserunning stats.

Alexander Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO
	Team Totals	1.000	21	21
1	Kade Church (Sr)	1.000	2	2
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	1.000	3	3
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	1.000	1	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	1.000	4	4
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	1.000	3	3
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	1.000	3	3
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	1.000	3	3
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	1.000	2	2

Fielding

St. Stephens has not entered any fielding stats.

Alexander Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	GS	SV
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	2	1	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	0.00	0		1		1
11	Carter Bowman (Sr)	2.21	1	1.000	1	1	0

St. Stephens

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.33	2
10	D. Carmichael (Sr)	0.00	1
19	Dillon Church (Sr)	3.50	1

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	7	3	2	3	29	28
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.2	0	0	0	1	2	2
11	Carter Bowman (Sr)	6.1	7	3	2	2	27	26

St. Stephens

#	Athlete Name	IP	R	ER	K
	Team Totals	6	4	2	2
10	D. Carmichael (Sr)	2	0	0	0
19	Dillon Church (Sr)	4	4	2	2

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.250	.276	1	83
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.000	.000	0	7
11	Carter Bowman (Sr)	.269	.296	1	76

St. Stephens

#	Athlete Name	#P
	Team Totals	87
10	D. Carmichael (Sr)	29
19	Dillon Church (Sr)	58

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Alexander Central sneaks past St. Stephens

April 30, 2026: Taylorsville, NC 28681

The crowd at Thursday's non-league battle between the Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) and the visiting St. Stephens Indians (Hickory, NC), saw Alexander Central's baseball team get by St. Stephens by a tally of 4-3.

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ACHS vs St. Stephens Baseball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 30, 2026 @ 7p

Northwestern 6A/7A Finals at ASU

The St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) varsity baseball team lost Thursday's neutral conference tournament game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 4-3.

Rankings & Records

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
16	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
25-5	9-1	14-2	8-3	3-0	.833	.900	214	73

St. Stephens (25-26)

NC	Class
37	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
20-7	7-3	10-3	8-2	2-2	.741	.700	192	106

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
Alexander Central	1.5	1.3	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.1	.1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7.1	8.2	.7
St. Stephens	.7	1.0	1.5	1.4	.5	1.3	1.1	.3	1.0	0	0	0	1.0	7.1	8.5	1.2

Head-to-Head

Alexander Central won on 3/13/2026

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 on 4/2/2026

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
Alexander Central won on 4/30/2026

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

ACHS 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 0
St. Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 0

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity baseball team won Thursday's neutral conference tournament game against St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) by a score of 4-3.
Box score
Alexander Central won last month

5/15 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 XI R H E

St. Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0
ACHS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 1

The St. Stephens (Hickory, NC) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away playoff game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) in extra innings by a score of 2-1.
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

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

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

5/15 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	XI	R	H	E
St. Stephens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
ACHS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1

Team Stat Comparison

Alexander Central		St. Stephens
.316	Batting Average	-
.430	On Base Percentage	-
.420	Slugging Percentage	-
.964	Fielding Percentage	-
.833	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Alexander Central		St. Stephens	National Avg.
#5 Gunnar Johnson.425	Batting Average	-	.243
#22 Sawyer Chapman-Mays.513	On Base Percentage	-	.385
#5 Gunnar Johnson.644	Slugging Percentage	-	.312
#11 Carter Bowman1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.859
#18 Jude Carter.909	Win Loss Percentage	#10 Duncan Carmichael1.000	.530

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Alexander Central	13-3		St. Stephens	14-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/6/26	Alexander Central	North Iredell	(W) 10-0	2/27/26	St. Stephens	North Iredell	(W) 10-1
				3/11/26	North Iredell	St. Stephens	(W) 11-0
3/19/26	Alexander Central	McDowell	(W) 12-2	3/20/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(W) 10-0
4/14/26	McDowell	Alexander Central	(W) 11-0	4/17/26	McDowell	St. Stephens	(W) 3-2
3/20/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 7-2	3/27/26	Watauga	St. Stephens	(L) 3-2
4/17/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 14-2	4/24/26	St. Stephens	Watauga	(W) 5-3
4/29/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 5-3
5/12/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 3-2
3/24/26	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 13-1	3/18/26	Freedom	St. Stephens	(W) 13-3
4/21/26	Freedom	Alexander Central	(W) 6-0	4/14/26	St. Stephens	Freedom	(W) 10-1
3/27/26	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 4-1	3/24/26	St. Stephens	South Caldwell	(W) 5-3
4/24/26	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(L) 4-2	4/21/26	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(W) 8-5
5/19/26	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(L) 5-2	4/29/26	South Caldwell	St. Stephens	(W) 5-3
5/20/26	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(L) 5-3
4/7/26	Alexander Central	Hickory	(W) 10-0	3/25/26	St. Stephens	Hickory	(W) 15-14
				4/8/26	Hickory	St. Stephens	(W) 12-2
4/8/26	Alexander Central	Newton-Conover	(W) 11-1	3/4/26	St. Stephens	Newton-Conover	(W) 5-3
				4/7/26	Newton-Conover	St. Stephens	(L) 7-6
4/15/26	Mooresville	Alexander Central	(W) 5-3	3/10/26	Mooresville	St. Stephens	(W) 6-5

Record Breakdown

Alexander Central (25-26)		St. Stephens (25-26)
25-5	Overall	20-7
11-1	League	8-4
9-2	Non-League	8-1
4-0	Head to Head	0-4
13-3	Common Opponent	14-2
14-2	Home	10-3
8-3	Away	8-2
3-0	Neutral	2-2
3-2	Playoff	2-1
25-5	In-State	20-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0

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