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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	XI	R	H	E
St. Stephens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
Alexander Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1

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Alexander Central (25-26)

Alexander Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.178	49	45	2	8	2
1	Kade Church (Sr)	.400	6	5	1	2	0
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	.000	5	5	0	0	0
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	.167	6	6	0	1	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.333	6	6	0	2	1
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	.200	5	5	0	1	0
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	.000	5	4	0	0	0
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	.000	5	5	0	0	0
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	.333	5	3	0	1	0
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	.167	6	6	1	1	0

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	1	14	2	3	7	.229	.178	.407
1	Kade Church (Sr)	0	1	2	0	0	0	.500	.400	.900
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	2	.167	.167	.334
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	0	0	3	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	1	0	3	0	1	3	.000	.000	.000
15	Wyatt Smith (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	0	0	0	2	1	1	.600	.333	.933
22	S. Chapman-Mays (Sr)	0	0	1	0	1	2	.167	.167	.334

Alexander Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	1

Alexander Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.975	40	39	1
1	Kade Church (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0
2	Ty Matheson (Sr)	.857	7	6	1
3	Koa Mikeal (Sr)	1.000	2	2	0
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	1.000	1	1	0
8	Braxton Lewis (So)	1.000	3	3	0
9	Maddix Reese (Sr)	1.000	4	4	0
10	Graham Hoke (Jr)	1.000	19	19	0

Alexander Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	1	1.000	1
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	0		1

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	13	7	1	4	18	54	46
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	6	5	1	1	6	25	22
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	7	2	0	3	12	29	24

Alexander Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.152	.278	1	4	200
5	Gunnar Johnson (So)	.227	.320	0	2	94
18	Jude Carter (Jr)	.083	.241	1	2	106

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Alexander Central nips St. Stephens

May 15, 2026: Taylorsville, NC 28681

The Alexander Central Cougars baseball team scored 2 runs and held the visiting St. Stephens Indians to 1 in the Cougars non-league win on Friday.

The Cougars now own a 25-3 record.

With the defeat, St. Stephens drops to 20-7 on the year.

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St. Stephens @ ACHS Baseball Game Info

Fri., May. 15, 2026 @ 7p

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

This game is a part of the "2026 NCHSAA Baseball - 6A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

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

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
7	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
25-4	9-1	14-2	8-2	3-0	.862	.900	211	68

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
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
Alexander Central	1.4	1.3	1.0	1.2	1.5	1.1	.1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	7.3	8.3	.7

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.
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Alexander Central won last month

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.
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Alexander Central won last month

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.
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Alexander Central won last week

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

Team Stat Comparison

St. Stephens		Alexander Central
-	Batting Average	.317
-	On Base Percentage	.434
-	Slugging Percentage	.424
-	Fielding Percentage	.963
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.857

Team Leaders

St. Stephens		Alexander Central	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#5 Gunnar Johnson.420	.244
-	On Base Percentage	#18 Jude Carter.526	.386
-	Slugging Percentage	#5 Gunnar Johnson.642	.313
-	Fielding Percentage	#11 Carter Bowman1.000	.858
#10 Duncan Carmichael1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#5 Gunnar Johnson1.000	.533

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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

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North Carolina High School Baseball - Alexander Central nips St. Stephens

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