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Central Independence

Bobcats

Patriots

The Independence (Glendale, AZ) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Central (Phoenix, AZ) by a score of 23-20.

Game Details: Independence High School

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	3	4	4	0	5	1	3	20	23	0
Independence	2	11	0	6	1	3	-	23	13	0

Final score provided by R. Molina.

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Game Stats

Independence (23-24)

Central

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.295	51	44	20	13	15	4
2	S. Soto Andaverde	.000	2	1	2	0	0	0
5	Carletta James	.000	4	4	1	0	1	0
6	J. Hernandez	.000	6	4	0	0	1	0
7	Y. Gomez Ramirez	.200	5	5	1	1	1	0
8	Adrianna Ortiz	.500	4	4	4	2	1	0
11	Laila Silvas	.000	3	1	1	0	1	0
12	A. Hernandez	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
13	Denise Palafox	1.000	3	2	1	2	1	0
15	M. Soto Andaverde	.167	6	6	0	1	2	0
16	Madai Olivas	.000	4	3	2	0	0	0
21	Casey Ortega	.500	6	6	6	3	6	2
23	Kayla Hasken	.500	6	6	2	3	1	2
25	Kalani Aguino	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B	HR
	Team Totals	.419	44	31	23	13	10	3	3	1
00	Noami Taitano (Fr)	.750	5	4	4	3	2	0	1	0
2	Nyima Lopez (Sr)	.000	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	Yozi Vásquez (Sr)	.333	3	3	2	1	1	0	1	0
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	.800	5	5	4	4	4	1	0	1
7	Serenity Mendez (So)	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Vanessa Garcia (So)	.000	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	Alanah Rynes (Jr)	.333	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
11	Alyssa Ortega (So)		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	L. Velazquez (Jr)	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	Jasmine Pearce (So)	.400	5	5	1	2	2	0	1	0
16	C. Hernandez (Jr)	1.000	3	2	3	2	1	2	0	0

Central

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	9	2	9	1	10	.392	.386	.778
2	S. Soto Andaverde	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500
5	Carletta James	0	2	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000
6	J. Hernandez	1	2	1	0	0	4	.333	.000	.333
7	Y. Gomez Ramirez	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.200	.400
8	Adrianna Ortiz	0	0	0	2	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
11	Laila Silvas	2	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.000	.667
12	A. Hernandez	0	1	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
13	Denise Palafox	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
15	M. Soto Andaverde	0	2	0	1	0	6	.167	.166	.334
16	Madai Olivas	1	1	0	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
21	Casey Ortega	0	0	0	3	0	0	.500	.833	1.333
23	Kayla Hasken	0	0	0	1	0	3	.500	.833	1.333
25	Kalani Aguino	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	13	11	3	.591	.806	1.397
00	Noami Taitano (Fr)	1	0	1	.800	1.250	2.050
2	Nyima Lopez (Sr)	3	1	0	.750	.000	.750
4	Yozi Vásquez (Sr)	0	2	0	.333	1.000	1.333
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	0	1	0	.800	1.600	2.400
7	Serenity Mendez (So)	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
8	Vanessa Garcia (So)	3	1	3	.600	.000	.600
9	Alanah Rynes (Jr)	2	1	0	.600	.333	.933
11	Alyssa Ortega (So)	2	0	0	1.000		1.000
14	L. Velazquez (Jr)	0	2	2	.000	.000	.000
15	Jasmine Pearce (So)	0	0	2	.400	.800	1.200
16	C. Hernandez (Jr)	1	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000

Central

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
8	Adrianna Ortiz	1
15	M. Soto Andaverde	1

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	32
00	Noami Taitano (Fr)	3
2	Nyima Lopez (Sr)	8
4	Yozi Vásquez (Sr)	3
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	5
8	Vanessa Garcia (So)	1
9	Alanah Rynes (Jr)	3
11	Alyssa Ortega (So)	2
14	L. Velazquez (Jr)	2
15	Jasmine Pearce (So)	1
16	C. Hernandez (Jr)	4

Central

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.621	29	18	11	1
2	S. Soto Andaverde	1.000	4	4	0	0
6	J. Hernandez	.500	4	2	2	0
7	Y. Gomez Ramirez	.333	6	2	4	1
15	M. Soto Andaverde	.857	7	6	1	0
21	Casey Ortega	.333	3	1	2	0
23	Kayla Hasken	.600	5	3	2	0

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	30	21	9
00	Noami Taitano (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0
2	Nyima Lopez (Sr)	1.000	4	1	3
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	1.000	3	1	2
7	Serenity Mendez (So)	1.000	1	0	1
8	Vanessa Garcia (So)	1.000	8	7	1
9	Alanah Rynes (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
15	Jasmine Pearce (So)	1.000	8	8	0
16	C. Hernandez (Jr)	1.000	2	1	1

Central

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	2.33	1
23	Kayla Hasken	0.00	1
25	Kalani Aguino	15.75	1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	19.00	1	0	1.000	1				1
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	19.00	1	0	1.000	1				1

Central

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	5	23	2	13	10	44	30
23	Kayla Hasken	4.2	4	16	0	8	8	32	24
25	Kalani Aguino	1.1	1	7	3	5	2	12	6

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	23	20	19	5	8			0	51	44
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	7	23	20	19	5	8			0	51	44

Central

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.167	.432	4	1	185
23	Kayla Hasken	.167	.375	3	0	125
25	Kalani Aguino	.167	.583	1	1	60

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.523	.588	0	2			178
5	Nailea Lopez (Fr)	.523	.588	0	2			178

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Game Story

Arizona High School Softball - Independence Central

February 28, 2024: Glendale, AZ 85303

Independence Patriots (Glendale, AZ) fans exited the stadium thrilled Wednesday as they saw their softball squad nip the visiting Central Bobcats (Phoenix, AZ), 23-20 in a non-league challenge.

The Patriots now sport a 1-1 record. They take the field next when they host Desert Edge for a non-league challenge on Friday, March 1. Independence will face a Scorpions squad coming off a 19-0 non-league win over Copper Canyon (Glendale, AZ). The Scorpions record now stands at 2-1.

With the loss, Central falls to 1-4 on the campaign. The Bobcats travel to Washington (Phoenix, AZ) to face the Rams in a non-league challenge on Friday, March 1. The Rams enter the challenge with a record of 1-3. Washington won 14-13 in their recent non-league challenge against Metro Tech (Phoenix, AZ)

Rankings & Records

Central (23-24)

AZ	Div.
225	43

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
7-12	4-7	4-3	2-7	1-2	.368	.364	189	267

Independence (23-24)

AZ	Div.
208	40

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Win %	Section %	RF	RA
7-12	4-10	4-5	3-7	.368	.286	161	240

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Central	1.6	1.1	2.9	1.5	2.3	2.3	3.8	9.9	9.1	2.1
Independence	2.0	1.7	1.3	1.2	2.0	1.8	.7	8.5	8.8	1.0

Team Stat Comparison

Central		Independence
.302	Batting Average	.386
.433	On Base Percentage	.503
.464	Slugging Percentage	.554
.797	Fielding Percentage	1.000
-	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

Central		Independence	National Avg.
#23 Kayla Hasken.547	Batting Average	#1 Genevieve DeLaCruz.727	.292
#11 Laila Silvas.731	On Base Percentage	#1 Genevieve DeLaCruz.793	.407
#23 Kayla Hasken1.075	Slugging Percentage	#1 Genevieve DeLaCruz.909	.399
#16 Madai Olivas1.000	Fielding Percentage	#00 Noami Taitano1.000	.833
-	Win Loss Percentage	#3 Mariana Perez Vargas.667	.573

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Central	6-1		Independence	4-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/23/24	Central	South Mountain	(W) 8-5	3/5/24	Independence	South Mountain	(W) 18-12
3/26/24	Central	South Mountain	(L) 9-6
3/28/24	South Mountain	Central	(W) 16-12
3/1/24	Central	Washington	(W) 28-23	4/12/24	Washington	Independence	(W) 15-0
				4/16/24	Independence	Washington	(W) 15-9
3/19/24	Metro Tech	Central	(W) 19-9	3/29/24	Independence	Metro Tech	(W) 19-8
3/20/24	Central	Metro Tech	(W) 16-15
4/4/24	Copper Canyon	Central	(W) 26-16	3/12/24	Independence	Copper Canyon	(L) 18-9
				4/5/24	Copper Canyon	Independence	(L) 1-16 (F)

Record Breakdown

Central (23-24)		Independence (23-24)
7-12	Overall	7-12
4-7	League	4-10
2-3	Non-League	3-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-1	Common Opponent	4-2
4-3	Home	4-5
2-7	Away	3-7
1-2	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
7-12	In-State	7-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0