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The Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Russell Christian Academy (Meridian, MS) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
RCA	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	2
NCA	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	5	7	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Russell Christian Academy (23-24)

Russell Christian Academy has not entered stats for this game.

Newton County Academy (23-24)

Newton County Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.259	32	27	5	7	5	1
1	Jackson Bunyard	.000	4	3	0	0	1	0
4	Logan Hitt	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
5	Steven Duke	.500	4	4	0	2	0	0
6	Cooper Savell	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
9	Ty Thrash	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
12	S. Hollingsworth		0	0	1	0	0	0
13	L. Heidelberg	.333	3	3	1	1	2	0
20	Max Ferguson		0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Taylor Burt	.667	4	3	0	2	0	1
25	Vitaly Ferguson	.250	4	4	1	1	2	0
26	Marshall Wright	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0

Newton County Academy

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	2	11	2	2	6	.344	.296	.640
1	Jackson Bunyard	1	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
4	Logan Hitt	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.666
5	Steven Duke	0	0	1	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
6	Cooper Savell	0	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
9	Ty Thrash	0	1	1	0	0	1	.333	.000	.333
13	L. Heidelberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	.333	.333	.666
23	Taylor Burt	0	1	1	0	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
25	Vitaly Ferguson	0	0	1	0	1	4	.250	.250	.500
26	Marshall Wright	0	0	2	2	0	2	.500	.000	.500

Newton County Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.929	28	21	5	2	1
1	Jackson Bunyard	1.000	3	2	1	0	1
4	Logan Hitt	1.000	3	3	0	0	0
6	Cooper Savell	1.000	3	3	0	0	1
9	Ty Thrash	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
13	L. Heidelberg	.667	6	3	1	2	0
23	Taylor Burt	1.000	8	7	1	0	0
25	Vitaly Ferguson	1.000	3	2	1	0	0
26	Marshall Wright	1.000	1	0	1	0	0

Newton County Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
1	Jackson Bunyard	3.82	0		1
26	Marshall Wright	0.00	1	1.000	1

Newton County Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	2	4	2	8	9	33	25
1	Jackson Bunyard	3.2	1	4	2	6	6	21	15
26	Marshall Wright	3.1	1	0	0	2	3	12	10

Newton County Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.080	.303	5	141	5
1	Jackson Bunyard	.067	.333	5	92	2
26	Marshall Wright	.100	.250	0	49	3

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Russell Christian Academy can't hold off Newton County Academy

April 5, 2024: Decatur, MS 39327

In Friday's non-league game, the host Newton County Academy Generals baseball team scored a tight 5-4 victory over the Russell Christian Academy Warriors.

The Generals (9-5) will now prepare for their game against Prentiss Christian (Prentiss, MS). The Saints go into the game with a 3-3 record. In their last game, Prentiss Christian tipped Sylva Bay Academy (Bay Springs, MS), 10-9, in a league game.

The Warriors (0-4) will now prepare for their game against Victory Christian (Columbus, MS). The Eagles go into the Alabama Christian South 2 game with a 1-3 record. In their last game, Victory Christian was edged by Brooklane Baptist (Hueytown, AL), 13-3, in a league game.

RCA @ NCA Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 5, 2024 @ 7p

The Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Russell Christian Academy (Meridian, MS) by a score of 5-4.

Rankings & Records

Russell Christian Academy (23-24)

MS
410

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
4-6	4-1	2-4	2-1	0-1	.400	.800	68	63

Newton County Academy (23-24)

MS	Class
174	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
10-8	5-3	6-1	4-6	0-1	.556	.625	133	74

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Russell Christian Academy	1.8	.6	.8	2.0	.3	1.0	.2	6.8	7.3	2.1
Newton County Academy	2.4	1.5	1.8	2.2	.5	.3	2.0	7.4	8.0	1.8

Head-to-Head

Newton County Academy won on 3/23/2024

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

NCA 0 6 2 4 2 - - 14 13 1
RCA 0 0 0 1 0 - - 1 2 3

The Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) varsity baseball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Russell Christian Academy (Meridian, MS) by a score of 14-1.
Box score
Newton County Academy won on 4/5/2024

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

RCA 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
NCA 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 7 2

The Russell Christian Academy (Meridian, MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away non-conference game against Newton County Academy (Decatur, MS) by a score of 5-4.
Box score

3/23 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NCA	0	6	2	4	2	-	-	14	13	1
RCA	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	1	2	3

Team Stat Comparison

Russell Christian Academy		Newton County Academy
-	Batting Average	.354
-	On Base Percentage	.473
-	Slugging Percentage	.463
-	Fielding Percentage	.934
-	Win Loss Percentage	.727

Team Leaders

Russell Christian Academy		Newton County Academy	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#13 Logan Heidelberg.519	.239
-	On Base Percentage	#13 Logan Heidelberg.594	.377
-	Slugging Percentage	#23 Taylor Burt.857	.299
-	Fielding Percentage	#1 Jackson Bunyard1.000	.862
-	Win Loss Percentage	#1 Jackson Bunyard1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Russell Christian Academy	0-2		Newton County Academy	3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/26/24	Sylva Bay Academy	Russell Christian Academy	(L) 8-7	3/19/24	Sylva Bay Academy	Newton County Academy	(L) 4-1
				3/21/24	Newton County Academy	Sylva Bay Academy	(W) 6-2
3/11/24	Kemper Academy	Russell Christian Academy	(L) 5-3	3/2/24	Kemper Academy	Newton County Academy	(W) 15-0
				4/13/24	Newton County Academy	Kemper Academy	(W) 15-4

Record Breakdown

Russell Christian Academy (23-24)		Newton County Academy (23-24)
4-6	Overall	10-8
4-1	League	5-3
0-4	Non-League	5-4
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
0-2	Common Opponent	3-1
2-4	Home	6-1
2-1	Away	4-6
0-1	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	0-0
1-5	In-State	10-8
3-1	Out-of-State	0-0