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New Heights Christian Academy Pierce City

Cougars

Eagles

The Pierce City (MO) varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against New Heights Christian Academy (Joplin, MO) by a score of 14-12.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
NHCA	2	0	0	1	4	0	5	12	-	-
Pierce City	3	1	3	4	3	0	-	14	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

New Heights Christian Academy (22-23)

Pierce City (22-23)

New Heights Christian Academy

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.333	46	39	12	13	6	4
0	Smoke Ezell	.200	5	5	1	1	1	0
1	Jayce Walker	.000	6	3	1	0	0	0
2	Bo Sitton	.200	5	5	1	1	1	0
9	Ben Thomas	.250	5	4	1	1	0	0
13	Josh Anderson	.250	5	4	3	1	0	1
15	Kelton Welch	.600	5	5	2	3	1	0
21	Austin Miller	.500	5	4	2	2	0	2
29	P. Thompson	.400	5	5	1	2	0	0
32	Caleb Evans	.500	5	4	0	2	3	1

Pierce City

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.333	38	24	14	8	11	2
2	Logan Witt	.000	5	2	2	0	0	0
4	Robert Leavitt	.000	4	2	1	0	1	0
7	Layton Mack	.500	4	4	2	2	1	0
8	C. Jespersen	.500	4	4	0	2	4	1
11	M. Kleiboeker	.333	5	3	3	1	1	0
12	Clayton Raley	1.000	4	2	2	2	2	1
14	Zane Clayton	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
21	Logan Cox	.500	4	2	2	1	2	0
30	Gage Warner	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0

New Heights Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	5	2	4	1	13	.435	.435	.871
0	Smoke Ezell	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.400
1	Jayce Walker	2	0	1	0	0	3	.500	.000	.500
2	Bo Sitton	0	3	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.400
9	Ben Thomas	1	0	0	1	0	1	.400	.250	.650
13	Josh Anderson	1	0	0	2	1	4	.400	.500	.900
15	Kelton Welch	0	0	0	0	0	6	.600	.600	1.200
21	Austin Miller	1	0	0	0	0	2	.600	1.000	1.600
29	P. Thompson	0	2	0	1	0	2	.400	.400	.800
32	Caleb Evans	0	0	1	0	0	2	.600	.750	1.350

Pierce City

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	8	6	6	6	.579	.416	.996
2	Logan Witt	3	1	0	1	.600	.000	.600
4	Robert Leavitt	2	0	0	2	.500	.000	.500
7	Layton Mack	0	1	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
8	C. Jespersen	0	1	0	4	.500	.750	1.250
11	M. Kleiboeker	1	0	1	1	.600	.333	.933
12	Clayton Raley	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.500	2.500
14	Zane Clayton	0	1	1	2	.250	.000	.250
21	Logan Cox	1	0	1	2	.750	.500	1.250
30	Gage Warner	0	2	2	4	.500	.000	.500

New Heights Christian Academy

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
29	P. Thompson	1
32	Caleb Evans	1

Pierce City

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	13
2	Logan Witt	3
4	Robert Leavitt	1
7	Layton Mack	2
11	M. Kleiboeker	3
12	Clayton Raley	1
14	Zane Clayton	1
20	Noah Carr	1
21	Logan Cox	1

New Heights Christian Academy

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.774	31	18	6	7
0	Smoke Ezell	.625	8	3	2	3
1	Jayce Walker	1.000	2	1	1	0
2	Bo Sitton	.833	6	5	0	1
4	Owen Horton	1.000	1	1	0	0
9	Ben Thomas	1.000	6	6	0	0
13	Josh Anderson	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Kelton Welch	.750	4	1	2	1
21	Austin Miller	.000	2	0	0	2
29	P. Thompson	1.000	1	0	1	0

Pierce City

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.840	25	21	4
2	Logan Witt	1.000	1	1	0
4	Robert Leavitt	1.000	3	3	0
7	Layton Mack	.750	4	3	1
8	C. Jespersen	1.000	5	5	0
11	M. Kleiboeker	1.000	4	4	0
12	Clayton Raley	1.000	2	2	0
21	Logan Cox	.500	2	1	1
30	Gage Warner	.333	3	1	2
31	Lucas Knight	1.000	1	1	0

New Heights Christian Academy

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	1
0	Smoke Ezell	8.75	1
13	Josh Anderson	3.50	1

Pierce City

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1
7	Layton Mack	12.00	1
31	Lucas Knight	3.00	1

New Heights Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	3	14	6	8	6	38	24
0	Smoke Ezell	4	3	11	5	5	2	26	17
13	Josh Anderson	2	0	3	1	3	4	12	7

Pierce City

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	16	12	5	5	5	46	39
7	Layton Mack	2.1	8	6	4	2	3	18	16
31	Lucas Knight	4.2	8	6	2	3	2	28	23

New Heights Christian Academy

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.125	.447	2	6	145	1	7
0	Smoke Ezell	.176	.462	1	4	94	1	4
13	Josh Anderson	.000	.417	1	2	51	0	3

Pierce City

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	SB
	Team Totals	.410	.500	3	2	146	1	4
7	Layton Mack	.500	.556	1	0	54	1	0
31	Lucas Knight	.348	.464	2	2	92	0	4

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Game Story

Missouri High School Baseball - Pierce City gets by College Heights Christian

April 7, 2023: Pierce City, MO 65723

In Friday's non-league challenge, the Pierce City Eagles (Pierce City, MO) baseball squad the visiting College Heights Christian Cougars (Joplin, MO), by a final score of 14-12.

With the win, Pierce City upgrades its record to 6-2 on the season. The Eagles travel to Wheaton (Wheaton, MO) to encounter the Bulldogs in a non-league challenge on Monday, April 10. The Bulldogs come into the challenge with a record of 0-7.

With the defeat, College Heights Christian falls to 2-5 on the season. The Cougars host Miller (Miller, MO) to encounter the Cardinals in a Class 2 District 8 challenge on Monday, April 10. The Cardinals come into the challenge with a record of 8-3.

Rankings & Records

New Heights Christian Academy (22-23)

MO	Class
333	59

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
6-11	1-3	4-5	2-6	.353	.250	117	156

Pierce City (22-23)

MO	Class
337	57

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
7-13-1	1-1	6-4	1-9-1	.357	.500	142	188

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
New Heights Christian Academy	1.3	1.1	1.6	1.2	1.2	.9	1.2	.5	0	0	1.0	6.9	-	-
Pierce City	.7	.6	1.5	.6	1.6	.8	.7	-	-	-	-	6.8	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

New Heights Christian Academy		Pierce City
.282	Batting Average	.298
.416	On Base Percentage	.426
.332	Slugging Percentage	.434
.867	Fielding Percentage	.869
.000	Win Loss Percentage	.000

Team Leaders

New Heights Christian Academy		Pierce City	National Avg.
#15 Kelton Welch.438	Batting Average	#12 Clayton Raley.541	.243
#1 Jayce Walker.569	On Base Percentage	#12 Clayton Raley.622	.375
#15 Kelton Welch.500	Slugging Percentage	#12 Clayton Raley.756	.307
#9 Ben Thomas1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Garrett Parrigon1.000	.861
#1 Jayce Walker0	Win Loss Percentage	#12 Clayton Raley0	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Heights Christian Academy	5-3		Pierce City	3-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/23	Exeter	New Heights Christian Academy	(L) 4-0	5/3/23	Exeter	Pierce City	(L) 10-6
3/31/23	Ash Grove	New Heights Christian Academy	(L) 19-2	4/28/23	Pierce City	Ash Grove	(L) 6-1
				5/16/23	Pierce City	Ash Grove	(L) 15-5
4/4/23	New Heights Christian Academy	McAuley Catholic	(W) 11-5	5/11/23	McAuley Catholic	Pierce City	(W) 11-1
4/10/23	Miller	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 6-4	4/18/23	Pierce City	Miller	(L) 11-1
				5/1/23	Pierce City	Miller	(L) 18-6
4/13/23	Verona	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 11-1	3/30/23	Pierce City	Verona	(W) 21-5
4/17/23	New Heights Christian Academy	Lockwood	(W) 13-7	4/24/23	Pierce City	Lockwood	(L) 10-4
4/22/23	New Heights Christian Academy	Billings		5/9/23	Pierce City	Billings	(L) 5-4
4/28/23	Wheaton	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 12-2	4/10/23	Pierce City	Wheaton
5/4/23	Marionville	New Heights Christian Academy		4/13/23	Marionville	Pierce City	(L) 12-3
5/8/23	Diamond	New Heights Christian Academy	(L) 8-7	4/3/23	Diamond	Pierce City	(W) 12-7

Record Breakdown

New Heights Christian Academy (22-23)		Pierce City (22-23)
6-11	Overall	7-13-1
1-3	League	1-2
5-8	Non-League	6-11-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-3	Common Opponent	3-8
4-5	Home	6-4
2-6	Away	1-9-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
6-10	In-State	7-13-1
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0