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Canton Illinois Valley Central

Little Giants

Grey Ghosts

The Illinois Valley Central (Chillicothe, IL) varsity softball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Canton (IL) by a score of 9-2.

Game Details: Illinois Valley Central High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canton	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	0
IVCHS	5	0	0	2	0	2	-	9	13	2

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Game Stats

Canton (23-24)

Canton

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.375	32	32	2	12	2	2
1	K. McDermet (Jr)	1.000	4	4	1	4	0	1
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
3	Olivia McLouth (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0
4	E. Knowles (So)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
5	Becca Strode (Sr)	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0
8	Averi Smith (So)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1
10	Rachel Parry (Sr)	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
15	Emma Turner (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0
20	Natalie Downing (Jr)	.500	4	4	0	2	1	0
23	Aliyah Weis (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

Canton

#	Athlete Name	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	4	9	.375	.437	.812
1	K. McDermet (Jr)	0	0	1.000	1.250	2.250
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	0	5	.250	.250	.500
3	Olivia McLouth (Jr)	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
4	E. Knowles (So)	2	3	.000	.000	.000
5	Becca Strode (Sr)	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
8	Averi Smith (So)	0	1	.333	.666	1.000
10	Rachel Parry (Sr)	0	4	.250	.250	.500
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	2	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Emma Turner (So)	0	2	.333	.333	.666
20	Natalie Downing (Jr)	0	2	.500	.500	1.000

Canton

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	DP
	Team Totals	1.000	21	18	3	1
1	K. McDermet (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
2	Brooklyn Dennis (Jr)	1.000	5	5	0	0
5	Becca Strode (Sr)	1.000	1	0	1	0
8	Averi Smith (So)	1.000	4	4	0	0
10	Rachel Parry (Sr)	1.000	3	2	1	0
13	Jena Goforth (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	1
15	Emma Turner (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
20	Natalie Downing (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	1
22	Lilliana Horton (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Canton

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	10.50	1
5	Becca Strode (Sr)	12.25	1
22	Lilliana Horton (Fr)	7.00	1

Canton

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	13	9	9	2	4	32	30
5	Becca Strode (Sr)	4	10	7	7	1	2	23	22
22	Lilliana Horton (Fr)	2	3	2	2	1	2	9	8

Canton

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	#P
	Team Totals	.433	.469	101
5	Becca Strode (Sr)	.455	.478	59
22	Lilliana Horton (Fr)	.375	.444	42

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Illinois Valley Central (23-24)

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Game Story

Illinois High School Softball - Canton Illinois Valley Central

May 4, 2024: Chillicothe, IL 61523

The Illinois Valley Central Grey Ghosts softball team scored 9 runs and limited the visiting Canton Little Giants to 2 in the Grey Ghosts non-league triumph on Saturday.

With the triumph, Illinois Valley Central moves its record to 15-12 on the year. The Grey Ghosts travel to Metamora (Metamora, IL) to meet the Redbirds in a non-league battle on Monday, May 6. The Redbirds go into the battle with a record of 21-4. Metamora won 6-0 in their recent league battle against Canton (Canton, IL)

The Little Giants now possess a 7-14 record. They play next when they host Limestone for a Mid-Illini battle on Monday, May 6. Canton will meet a Rockets squad coming off a 6-5 league win over Washington (Washington, IL). The Rockets record now stands at 7-8.

Rankings & Records

Canton (23-24)

IL	Class
305	81

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
7-17	0-13	1-7	3-9	3-1	.292	.000	105	174

Illinois Valley Central (23-24)

IL	Class
204	55

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
18-14	3-5	10-9	8-5	.562	.375	199	172

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Canton	.7	.4	.8	.7	1.0	.9	.4	4.4	7.5	1.9
Illinois Valley Central	.9	.6	1.1	2.0	.7	1.3	.9	6.2	9.3	1.6

Team Stat Comparison

Canton		Illinois Valley Central
.286	Batting Average	-
.344	On Base Percentage	-
.367	Slugging Percentage	-
.920	Fielding Percentage	-
.318	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Canton		Illinois Valley Central	National Avg.
#22 Lilliana Horton1.000	Batting Average	-	.289
#22 Lilliana Horton1.000	On Base Percentage	-	.405
#22 Lilliana Horton1.000	Slugging Percentage	-	.394
#21 Allison Wheeler1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.831
#24 Tori Birch.600	Win Loss Percentage	-	.564

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Canton	1-6		Illinois Valley Central	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/21/24	Canton	Richwoods	(W) 19-4	4/4/24	Richwoods	Illinois Valley Central	(W) 12-2
4/8/24	Canton	Limestone	(L) 9-1	3/12/24	Limestone	Illinois Valley Central	(L) 4-0
5/6/24	Limestone	Canton	(L) 13-2
4/9/24	Metamora	Canton	(L) 6-1	5/6/24	Illinois Valley Central	Metamora	(L) 12-1
5/2/24	Canton	Metamora	(L) 6-0
4/15/24	Morton	Canton	(L) 5-4	4/24/24	Morton	Illinois Valley Central	(W) 8-0
4/25/24	Canton	Morton	(L) 9-1

Record Breakdown

Canton (23-24)		Illinois Valley Central (23-24)
7-17	Overall	18-14
0-13	League	3-5
4-3	Non-League	14-9
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6	Common Opponent	2-2
1-7	Home	10-9
3-9	Away	8-5
3-1	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	1-0
4-16	In-State	18-14
3-1	Out-of-State	0-0