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McDowell Alexander Central

Titans

Cougars

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity softball team won Thursday's home conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 9-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McDowell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Alexander Central	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

McDowell (25-26)

McDowell

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H
	Team Totals	.095	23	21	2	2
1	Derika Lytle (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
2	Hannah Aldridge (Sr)	.000	3	2	1	0
3	Presley Young (So)	.000	3	3	1	0
9	Addison Ray (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
10	Jenna Shuping (So)	.500	3	2	0	1
14	Roxie Suttles (So)	.000	2	2	0	0
17	Riley Warren (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0
77	Sammie Jo Davis (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1

McDowell

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	ROE	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	2	.174	.095	.269
2	Hannah Aldridge (Sr)	1	2	0	.333	.000	.333
3	Presley Young (So)	0	2	1	.000	.000	.000
9	Addison Ray (Jr)	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
10	Jenna Shuping (So)	1	1	0	.667	.500	1.167
77	Sammie Jo Davis (Jr)	0	2	0	.333	.333	.666

McDowell

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	2
17	Riley Warren (Jr)	0.00	1
19	Layla Presnell (Sr)	3.71	1

McDowell

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	10	9	3	2	6	2	30	28
17	Riley Warren (Jr)	.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
19	Layla Presnell (Sr)	5.2	10	9	3	2	6	2	29	27

McDowell

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.357	.400	125
17	Riley Warren (Jr)	.000	.000	4
19	Layla Presnell (Sr)	.370	.414	121

Alexander Central (25-26)

Alexander Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - McDowell Alexander Central

April 30, 2026: Taylorsville, NC 28681

Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) supporters left the game thrilled Thursday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting McDowell Titans (Marion, NC), 9-2 in a non-league game.

With the triumph, Alexander Central improves its record to 19-6 on the year.

The Titans now hold a 12-10 record.

McDowell @ ACHS Softball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 30, 2026 @ 5:30p

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity softball team won Thursday's home conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) by a score of 9-2.

Rankings & Records

McDowell (25-26)

NC	Class
106	19

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-11	7-5	6-5	7-6	.542	.583	130	125

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
23	4

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
21-8	9-2	15-4	6-4	.724	.818	267	81

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
McDowell	1.4	.4	.5	.9	.9	.9	.9	1.3	0	0	0	0	2.0	5.4	6.8	1.1
Alexander Central	2.1	1.2	1.7	2.0	1.5	1.2	.8	.3	0	0	1.0	-	-	9.2	10.8	1.3

Head-to-Head

McDowell won on 3/19/2026

3/19 @ 6:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E

ACHS 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 4
McDowell 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 5 8 1

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against McDowell (Marion, NC) in extra innings by a score of 5-4.
Box score
Alexander Central won on 4/14/2026

4/14 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

McDowell 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 1
ACHS 0 0 6 1 3 - - 10 12 0

The McDowell (Marion, NC) varsity softball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 10-0.
Box score
Alexander Central won on 4/30/2026

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

McDowell - - - - - - - 2 - -
ACHS - - - - - - - 9 - -

The McDowell (Marion, NC) varsity softball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 9-2.
Box score

3/19 @ 6:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
ACHS	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	4
McDowell	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	5	8	1

4/14 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
McDowell	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	1
ACHS	0	0	6	1	3	-	-	10	12	0

Team Stat Comparison

McDowell		Alexander Central
.280	Batting Average	-
.354	On Base Percentage	-
.377	Slugging Percentage	-

Team Leaders

McDowell		Alexander Central	National Avg.
#4 Sydney Stafford1.000	Batting Average	-	.287
#4 Sydney Stafford1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.406
#4 Sydney Stafford2.000	Slugging Percentage	-	.395

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McDowell	7-4		Alexander Central	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/13/26	South Caldwell	McDowell	(W) 8-6	3/27/26	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(L) 6-4
4/2/26	McDowell	South Caldwell	(L) 3-1	4/24/26	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(W) 17-13
				5/1/26	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(L) 4-3
3/20/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(L) 12-1	3/13/26	Alexander Central	St. Stephens	(W) 10-0
4/17/26	McDowell	St. Stephens	(W) 9-4	4/2/26	St. Stephens	Alexander Central	(W) 16-0
4/27/26	St. Stephens	McDowell	(W) 12-11
3/24/26	McDowell	Watauga	(W) 9-1	3/20/26	Watauga	Alexander Central	(W) 5-0
4/21/26	Watauga	McDowell	(L) 9-4	4/17/26	Alexander Central	Watauga	(W) 16-0
3/27/26	McDowell	Freedom	(W) 5-1	3/24/26	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 15-1
4/24/26	Freedom	McDowell	(W) 10-7	4/21/26	Freedom	Alexander Central	(W) 12-1
4/10/26	McDowell	Bandys	(W) 6-0	3/31/26	Bandys	Alexander Central	(W) 12-2
5/8/26	McDowell	Mooresville	(L) 8-2	3/30/26	Mooresville	Alexander Central	(W) 9-7

Record Breakdown

McDowell (25-26)		Alexander Central (25-26)
13-11	Overall	21-8
7-5	League	9-3
5-5	Non-League	10-4
1-2	Head to Head	2-1
7-4	Common Opponent	9-2
6-5	Home	15-4
7-6	Away	6-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-1	Playoff	2-1
13-11	In-State	20-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0