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Highland Howell Central

Cougars

Spartans

The Howell Central (St. Charles, MO) varsity softball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Highland (Ewing, MO) in extra innings by a score of 9-8.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Highland	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	9	-	-
Howell Central	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	8	-	-

Recap
Box Score
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Game Stats

Highland (23-24)

Highland

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.344	44	32	9	11	8	2	1
1	O. Ritterbusch	.667	5	3	2	2	1	0	0
3	K. Rothweiler	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	Haleigh Winter	.667	5	3	2	2	0	1	0
7	Bailie Crist	.250	5	4	1	1	1	1	0
11	E. Harshberger	.500	5	4	2	2	1	0	1
14	H. Ritterbusch	.200	5	5	0	1	0	0	0
15	Shelby Frank	.000	5	2	0	0	2	0	0
16	Emma Berry		0	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	Addy Abell	.000	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
24	Abby Lay	1.000	5	3	0	3	3	0	0

Highland

#	Athlete Name	SF	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	5	2	1	2	10	.477	.500	.977
1	O. Ritterbusch	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.800	.666	1.467
3	K. Rothweiler	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000
5	Haleigh Winter	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.800	1.000	1.800
7	Bailie Crist	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	.400	.500	.900
11	E. Harshberger	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.600	1.250	1.850
14	H. Ritterbusch	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.200	.200	.400
15	Shelby Frank	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.000	.200
21	Addy Abell	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	.200	.000	.200
24	Abby Lay	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Highland

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	5
1	O. Ritterbusch	1
21	Addy Abell	1
23	Hannah Mead	1
24	Abby Lay	2

Highland

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.914	35	24	8	3	1
1	O. Ritterbusch	.667	3	2	0	1	0
3	K. Rothweiler	1.000	3	1	2	0	0
5	Haleigh Winter	1.000	7	7	0	0	0
7	Bailie Crist	1.000	5	3	2	0	1
14	H. Ritterbusch	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
21	Addy Abell	.778	9	4	3	2	1
23	Hannah Mead	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
24	Abby Lay	1.000	5	4	1	0	1

Highland

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	1.75	1	1.000	1
11	E. Harshberger	0.00	1	1.000	1
24	Abby Lay	3.50	0		1

Highland

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	8	8	8	2	9	6	44	34
11	E. Harshberger	4	4	1	0	3	4	19	16
24	Abby Lay	4	4	7	2	6	2	25	18

Highland

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.235	.409	1	1	165
11	E. Harshberger	.250	.368	0	0	73
24	Abby Lay	.222	.440	1	1	92

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Howell Central (23-24)

Howell Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Missouri High School Softball - Howell Central can't get by Highland

September 2, 2023: St. Charles, MO 63304

In Saturday's non-league contest, the Highland Cougars (Ewing, MO) softball team held off the host Howell Central Spartans (St. Charles, MO), by a margin of 9-8.

With the triumph, Highland moves its record to 5-0 on the year. The Cougars host Centralia (Centralia, MO) to play the Panthers in a non-league contest on Tuesday, September 5. The Panthers come into the contest with a record of 0-1.

In their next game, the Spartans play the Howell North Knights (St. Charles, MO) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, September 5. Howell Central will attempt to move on its 0-3 season record. The Knights come into the contest with a 2-1 record after their 5-0 non-league loss to Bowling Green (Bowling Green, MO).

Rankings & Records

Highland (23-24)

National	MO
72	12

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
27-3	16-1	11-2	.900	312	82

Howell Central (23-24)

National	MO
443	87

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
13-22	4-3	9-10	3-12	1-0	.371	.571	191	197

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Highland	2.7	1.6	2.0	2.2	1.4	1.1	.5	4.0	10.4	13.1	.8
Howell Central	2.4	2.1	.6	.7	.9	.6	.2	0	5.5	7.0	1.0

Head-to-Head

Highland won on 9/1/2023

9/1 @ 2p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Highland 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 - -
Howell Central 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 - -

The Highland (Ewing, MO) varsity softball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Howell Central (St. Charles, MO) by a score of 11-3.
Box score
Highland won on 9/2/2023

9/2 @ 12p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E

Highland 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 9 - -
Howell Central 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 - -

The Highland (Ewing, MO) varsity softball team won Saturday's away non-conference game against Howell Central (St. Charles, MO) in extra innings by a score of 9-8.
Box score

9/1 @ 2p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Highland	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	-	-
Howell Central	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	-	-

Team Stat Comparison

Highland		Howell Central
.421	Batting Average	-
.498	On Base Percentage	-
.637	Slugging Percentage	-
.939	Fielding Percentage	-
.885	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

Highland		Howell Central	National Avg.
#11 Emma Harshberger.569	Batting Average	-	.285
#11 Emma Harshberger.574	On Base Percentage	-	.407
#11 Emma Harshberger.921	Slugging Percentage	-	.385
#13 Tegan Parrish1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.833
#11 Emma Harshberger.923	Win Loss Percentage	-	.559

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland	2-1		Howell Central	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/1/23	Warrenton	Highland	(W) 9-0	9/1/23	Howell Central	Warrenton	(W) 7-3
				9/2/23	Warrenton	Howell Central	(W) 7-3
9/2/23	Westminster Christian	Highland	(W) 14-7	9/1/23	Westminster Christian	Howell Central
9/9/23	Highland	Troy-Buchanan	(L) 3-1	8/29/23	Troy-Buchanan	Howell Central	(L) 3-0
				9/14/23	Howell Central	Troy-Buchanan	(L) 4-3

Record Breakdown

Highland (23-24)		Howell Central (23-24)
27-3	Overall	13-22
0-0	League	4-3
27-3	Non-League	8-19
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
2-1	Common Opponent	2-2
16-1	Home	9-10
11-2	Away	3-12
0-0	Neutral	1-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
27-3	In-State	13-22
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0