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The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity softball team won Friday's home playoff game against Queen's Grant (Matthews, NC) by a score of 7-1.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Queen's Grant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Highland Tech	1	0	2	2	0	2	-	7	8	2

Final score provided by S. DragonFly.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Queen's Grant (25-26)

Highland Tech (25-26)

Queen's Grant

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	RBI
	Team Totals	.000	27	23	1	1
1	Allison Avalos (So)	.000	2	1	0	0
2	Addi Benton (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0
6	K. Chisholm (Fr)	.000	3	1	1	1
7	K. Estrada (So)	.000	3	3	0	0
8	Lilly Lowry (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0
9	N. Strickland-Mitchell (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0
11	H. Hernandez (Sr)	.000	3	2	0	0
12	Harleigh Lover (Fr)	.000	1	1	0	0
13	Zoey Picariello (So)	.000	1	1	0	0
15	M. Detweiler (Sr)	.000	2	2	0	0
17	Kali Meyer (Sr)	.000	3	3	0	0

Highland Tech

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.320	32	25	7	8	6	2	1	1
1	Marin Wise (So)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jaelynn Motley (So)	1.000	4	3	4	3	2	0	1	1
7	P. Hammond (So)	.500	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	Jordan Baysden (Jr)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Lillee Bentley (Fr)	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	Makaylee Gantt (So)	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
15	Clara Stoltz (Fr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Tori Chao (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Lily Messick (Fr)	.750	4	4	0	3	3	2	0	0

Queen's Grant

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	14	2	2	5	.148	.000	.148
1	Allison Avalos (So)	1	1	0		1	.500	.000	.500
2	Addi Benton (Sr)	0	2	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
6	K. Chisholm (Fr)	1	1	1		1	.667	.000	.667
7	K. Estrada (So)	0	1	0		0	.000	.000	.000
9	N. Strickland-Mitchell (Sr)	0	3	0		0	.000	.000	.000
11	H. Hernandez (Sr)	0	2	1		1	.333	.000	.333
12	Harleigh Lover (Fr)	0	1	0		0	.000	.000	.000
13	Zoey Picariello (So)	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
15	M. Detweiler (Sr)	0	1	0		0	.000	.000	.000
17	Kali Meyer (Sr)	0	2	0		0	.000	.000	.000

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	5	13	1	7	.438	.600	1.038
1	Marin Wise (So)	0	0	3	0	4	.000	.000	.000
3	Jaelynn Motley (So)	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.667	3.667
7	P. Hammond (So)	0	2	1	0	0	.750	.500	1.250
8	Jordan Baysden (Jr)	0	0	2	1	0	.333	.000	.333
9	Lillee Bentley (Fr)	0	2	1	0	2	.667	.000	.667
11	Makaylee Gantt (So)	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.333	.583
15	Clara Stoltz (Fr)	0	0	3	0	2	.000	.000	.000
21	Tori Chao (Jr)	0	0	2	0	2	.000	.000	.000
22	Lily Messick (Fr)	0	0	1	0	1	.750	1.250	2.000

Baserunning

Queen's Grant has not entered any baserunning stats.

Highland Tech

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
3	Jaelynn Motley (So)	3
7	P. Hammond (So)	1
22	Lily Messick (Fr)	1

Queen's Grant

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.913	23	18	3	2
2	Addi Benton (Sr)	1.000	1		1
7	K. Estrada (So)	1.000	3	3
9	N. Strickland-Mitchell (Sr)	.500	2		1	1
11	H. Hernandez (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1
15	M. Detweiler (Sr)	1.000	1	1
16	Abby Sanders (So)	.000	1			1
17	Kali Meyer (Sr)	1.000	13	13

Highland Tech

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.929	28	21	5	2
3	Jaelynn Motley (So)	1.000	14	14	0	0
7	P. Hammond (So)	1.000	3	2	1	0
11	Makaylee Gantt (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
15	Clara Stoltz (Fr)	1.000	2	1	1	0
21	Tori Chao (Jr)	.600	5	3	0	2
22	Lily Messick (Fr)	1.000	3	0	3	0

Queen's Grant

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	4.67		1	.000	1	1	1
2	Addi Benton (Sr)	4.67		1	.000	1	1	1

Highland Tech

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	1.00	0	0		1				0
11	Makaylee Gantt (So)	1.00	0	0		1				0

Queen's Grant

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	7	7	4	5	13	1	1	1	32	25
2	Addi Benton (Sr)	6	7	7	4	5	13	1	1	1	32	25

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	0	1	1	2	14			0	27	23
11	Makaylee Gantt (So)	7	0	1	1	2	14			0	27	23

Queen's Grant

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.280	.406	0	1	1	0	128
2	Addi Benton (Sr)	.280	.406	0	1	1	0	128

Highland Tech

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.000	.148	2	2			111
11	Makaylee Gantt (So)	.000	.148	2	2			111

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Softball - Highland Tech bounces Queen's Grant

May 8, 2026: Gastonia, NC 28052

The Highland Tech Rams (Gastonia, NC) softball routed the visiting Queen's Grant Stallions (Matthews, NC), 7-1 in Friday's non-league outing.

The Rams now sport a 11-8 record.

With the loss, Queen's Grant moves to 13-7 on the season.

Players of the Game

Queen's Grant (25-26)

Congratulations to #2 Addi Benton for being selected the Queen's Grant Softball Player of the Game.

Highland Tech (25-26)

Highland Tech has not selected any Players of the Game.

Queen's Grant @ Highland Tech Softball Game Info

Fri., May. 8, 2026 @ 5p

2nd Round of the NCHSAA 2A West State Playoffs

The Highland Tech (Gastonia, NC) varsity softball team won Friday's home playoff game against Queen's Grant (Matthews, NC) by a score of 7-1.

This game is a part of the "2026 NCHSAA Softball - 2A" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Queen's Grant (25-26)

NC	Class
254	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-7	5-2	8-3	5-4	.650	.714	199	78

Highland Tech (25-26)

NC	Class
224	16

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-9	8-8	5-4	6-5	.550	.500	159	128

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Queen's Grant	3.8	2.6	2.3	.8	.4	2.3	.4	-	-	10.0	8.6	1.8
Highland Tech	2.0	1.6	2.2	.8	.5	.8	1.5	0	1.0	8.0	8.7	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

Queen's Grant		Highland Tech
.365	Batting Average	.342
.479	On Base Percentage	.425
.610	Slugging Percentage	.503
.902	Fielding Percentage	.855
.632	Win Loss Percentage	.692

Team Leaders

Queen's Grant		Highland Tech	National Avg.
#5 Saniya Williams.500	Batting Average	#2 Lily Johnson.610	.289
#5 Saniya Williams.596	On Base Percentage	#2 Lily Johnson.635	.408
#9 Nicole Strickland-Mitchell1.088	Slugging Percentage	#2 Lily Johnson1.017	.398
#17 Kali Meyer.989	Fielding Percentage	#8 Jordan Baysden1.000	.829
#15 Melissa Detweiler1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#3 Jaelynn Motley.800	.561

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Queen's Grant	3-0		Highland Tech	1-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/2/26	Queen's Grant	Piedmont Community Charter	(W) 8-7	3/30/26	Piedmont Community Charter	Highland Tech	(W) 9-3
3/27/26	Piedmont Community Charter	Queen's Grant	(W) 12-2
4/29/26	Piedmont Community Charter	Queen's Grant	(W) 10-0

Record Breakdown

Queen's Grant (25-26)		Highland Tech (25-26)
13-7	Overall	11-9
5-3	League	8-8
8-3	Non-League	2-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-0	Common Opponent	1-0
8-3	Home	5-4
5-4	Away	6-5
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	1-1
13-7	In-State	11-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0