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Polk County West Wilkes

Wolverines

Blackhawks

The West Wilkes (Millers Creek, NC) varsity baseball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Polk County (Columbus, NC) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Polk County	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	7	3
West Wilkes	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

West Wilkes (23-24)

Polk County

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	HR
	Team Totals	.241	36	29	5	7	5	1
1	Lawson Carter	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
2	Noah Harden	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
4	Mark Jarrett	.000	4	2	1	0	0	0
5	Karson Scruggs	.500	4	4	1	2	2	0
6	Avrey Hensley	.250	4	4	0	1	0	0
7	Gunnar Alm	.667	4	3	2	2	1	1
8	Cohen Edwards	.000	4	2	0	0	0	0
10	Mason Beiler	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
27	Alex Perry	.250	4	4	0	1	1	0

Batting

West Wilkes has not entered any batting stats.

Polk County

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	6	8	1	1	2	16	.389	.344	.734
1	Lawson Carter	0	1	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
2	Noah Harden	1	0	0	0	0	4	.500	.333	.833
4	Mark Jarrett	2	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.000	.500
5	Karson Scruggs	0	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000
6	Avrey Hensley	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
7	Gunnar Alm	1	1	0	0	0	1	.750	1.666	2.417
8	Cohen Edwards	1	1	1	0	1	2	.500	.000	.500
10	Mason Beiler	1	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.000	.250
27	Alex Perry	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500

West Wilkes has not entered any batting stats.

Polk County

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
7	Gunnar Alm	1

Baserunning

West Wilkes has not entered any baserunning stats.

Polk County

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.909	33	21	9	3
1	Lawson Carter	1.000	1	0	1	0
2	Noah Harden	1.000	2	0	2	0
4	Mark Jarrett	1.000	2	1	1	0
5	Karson Scruggs	1.000	3	2	1	0
6	Avrey Hensley	.000	1	0	0	1
7	Gunnar Alm	.500	2	1	0	1
8	Cohen Edwards	1.000	6	5	1	0
10	Mason Beiler	1.000	10	10	0	0
27	Alex Perry	1.000	5	2	3	0

Fielding

West Wilkes has not entered any fielding stats.

Polk County

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	4.00	1	1.000	2	1
1	Lawson Carter	3.50	0		1	1
27	Alex Perry	4.67	1	1.000	1	0

West Wilkes

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	APP
	Team Totals	2
8	Eli Johnson (So)	1
10	Braydon Vickers (So)	1

Polk County

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	4	4	2	5	1	29	26
1	Lawson Carter	4	3	2	2	1	4	0	16	14
27	Alex Perry	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	13	12

West Wilkes has not entered any pitching stats.

Polk County

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.310	1	111	2
1	Lawson Carter	.214	.312	1	67	0
27	Alex Perry	.250	.308	0	44	2

West Wilkes

#	Athlete Name	#P
	Team Totals	137
8	Eli Johnson (So)	80
10	Braydon Vickers (So)	57

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Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - West Wilkes nudged by Polk County

March 16, 2024: Millers Creek, NC 28651

The West Wilkes Blackhawks baseball team (Millers Creek, NC), was tipped 5-4 in Saturday's non-league outing with the visiting Polk County Wolverines (Columbus, NC)

The Wolverines now hold a 5-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Patton for a Mountain Foothills 7 1A/2A outing on Tuesday, March 19. Polk County will confront a Panthers team coming off a 7-3 non-league loss to Burns (Lawndale, NC). The Panthers record now stands at 3-3.

Next, the Blackhawks confront the North Wilkes Vikings (Hays, NC) in a Foothills 2A outing, on Tuesday, March 19. West Wilkes will attempt to advance on its 2-4 season record. The Vikings go into the outing with a 2-3 record after their 12-3 non-league loss to Ashe County (West Jefferson, NC).

Rankings & Records

Polk County (23-24)

NC	Class
266	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
11-14	3-9	6-7	5-6	0-1	.440	.250	142	174

West Wilkes (23-24)

NC	Class
270	27

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
13-11	8-4	7-7	6-3	0-1	.542	.667	156	120

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Polk County	1.1	.8	1.3	1.1	.5	.7	.5	4.5	5.7	6.7	2.5
West Wilkes	.5	.5	.9	1.4	1.0	.5	.9	.5	6.5	5.5	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Polk County		West Wilkes
.267	Batting Average	-
.392	On Base Percentage	-
.364	Slugging Percentage	-
.909	Fielding Percentage	-
.480	Win Loss Percentage	1.000

Team Leaders

Polk County		West Wilkes	National Avg.
#7 Gunnar Alm.408	Batting Average	-	.239
#7 Gunnar Alm.551	On Base Percentage	-	.377
#7 Gunnar Alm.816	Slugging Percentage	-	.299
#12 Nick Sotomayor1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.862
#6 Avrey Hensley1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#11 Hayden Gentry1.000	.535

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Polk County	0-1		West Wilkes	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/16/24	North Surry	Polk County	(L) 11-8	3/26/24	West Wilkes	North Surry	(L) 6-1
				3/28/24	North Surry	West Wilkes	(W) 9-5
				4/30/24	West Wilkes	North Surry	(L) 10-1

Record Breakdown

Polk County (23-24)		West Wilkes (23-24)
11-14	Overall	13-11
3-9	League	9-5
7-4	Non-League	4-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-1	Common Opponent	1-2
6-7	Home	7-7
5-6	Away	6-3
0-1	Neutral	0-1
1-1	Playoff	0-1
9-13	In-State	12-11
2-1	Out-of-State	1-0