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Houston South Pontotoc

Hilltoppers

Cougars

The South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) varsity baseball team won Friday's home conference game against Houston (MS) by a score of 8-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Houston	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	6	6	5
South Pontotoc	2	3	0	0	0	3	-	8	8	2

Final score provided by G. Gabbert.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

South Pontotoc (22-23)

Houston

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI
	Team Totals	.222	35	27	6	6	5
2	Jay Hamilton	.333	3	3	1	1	0
7	Takoda Harrell	.000	4	4	1	0	1
10	Walker Burdine	.250	4	4	0	1	1
14	J. Childress	.000	4	3	1	0	0
19	Steele Brooks (Jr)	.000	4	1	2	0	0
20	Cason Moss	.000	4	2	1	0	1
21	Cameron Kilgore (So)	.333	4	3	0	1	0
30	Will Echoles	.667	4	3	0	2	1
31	Button Lakes	.250	4	4	0	1	1

South Pontotoc

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR
	Team Totals	.333	34	30	8	10	6	1	1
1	Trace Ash (Sr)	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
2	Drew Tutor (Jr)	.333	4	3	0	1	0	0	0
4	Ashton Matthews (Sr)	.000	4	4	0	0	1	0	0
6	Shay Johnson (Sr)	.667	4	3	0	2	2	1	0
13	Hayes Gregory (Sr)	1.000	4	3	3	3	3	0	1
16	Jackson Rodgers (Sr)	.250	4	4	1	1	0	0	0
17	Hunter Bagwell (Sr)	.500	4	4	2	2	0	0	0
20	Bennett Mayo (Sr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
27	Eli Holloway (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0	0

Houston

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	8	1	1	3	7	.400	.222	.622
2	Jay Hamilton	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
7	Takoda Harrell	0	1	0	0	2	3	.000	.000	.000
10	Walker Burdine	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.500
14	J. Childress	1	2	0	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
19	Steele Brooks (Jr)	3	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.000	.750
20	Cason Moss	2	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.000	.500
21	Cameron Kilgore (So)	1	1	0	0	0	5	.500	.333	.833
30	Will Echoles	0	1	1	0	0	0	.750	.666	1.417
31	Button Lakes	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500

South Pontotoc

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	8	2	2	1	8	.412	.466	.879
1	Trace Ash (Sr)	0	2	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
2	Drew Tutor (Jr)	0	2	1	0	0	3	.500	.333	.833
4	Ashton Matthews (Sr)	0	1	0	1	0	5	.000	.000	.000
6	Shay Johnson (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0	0	.750	1.000	1.750
13	Hayes Gregory (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	3.000
16	Jackson Rodgers (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500
17	Hunter Bagwell (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000
20	Bennett Mayo (Sr)	1	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
27	Eli Holloway (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	4	.333	.333	.666

Houston

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	1
19	Steele Brooks (Jr)	1

Baserunning

South Pontotoc has not entered any baserunning stats.

Houston

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.808	26	18	3	5
2	Jay Hamilton	1.000	2	2	0	0
7	Takoda Harrell	1.000	2	2	0	0
10	Walker Burdine	1.000	8	8	0	0
14	J. Childress	.600	5	3	0	2
19	Steele Brooks (Jr)	.600	5	1	2	2
20	Cason Moss	1.000	1	1	0	0
21	Cameron Kilgore (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0
23	Grey Simmons (So)	.500	2	0	1	1

South Pontotoc

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.868	38	21	12	5	1
1	Trace Ash (Sr)	.000	1	0	0	1	0
4	Ashton Matthews (Sr)	1.000	10	8	2	0	1
6	Shay Johnson (Sr)	.909	11	9	1	1	0
13	Hayes Gregory (Sr)	1.000	2	0	2	0	1
16	Jackson Rodgers (Sr)	1.000	2	1	1	0	0
17	Hunter Bagwell (Sr)	1.000	4	1	3	0	0
22	Cruze Lackey (So)	.750	4	2	1	1	1
27	Eli Holloway (Jr)	.500	4	0	2	2	0

Houston

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.50	1
14	J. Childress	3.50	1
31	Button Lakes	3.50	1

South Pontotoc

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1	1
1	Trace Ash (Sr)	0.00	0		1	1
16	Jackson Rodgers (Sr)	0.00	1	1.000	1	0
17	Hunter Bagwell (Sr)	2.80	0		1	0

Houston

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	8	3	2	8	1	34	30
14	J. Childress	2	2	3	1	1	5	0	11	9
31	Button Lakes	4	6	5	2	1	3	1	23	21

South Pontotoc

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	6	2	7	8	35	27
1	Trace Ash (Sr)	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	4
16	Jackson Rodgers (Sr)	1	1	2	0	1	0	6	5
17	Hunter Bagwell (Sr)	5	3	4	2	5	7	24	18

Houston

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.267	.353	2	131	1
14	J. Childress	.222	.364	1	45	0
31	Button Lakes	.286	.348	1	86	1

South Pontotoc

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.185	.371	1	1	146	1
1	Trace Ash (Sr)	.250	.400	0	0	22	0
16	Jackson Rodgers (Sr)	.200	.333	1	0	25	0
17	Hunter Bagwell (Sr)	.167	.375	0	1	99	1

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Baseball - Houston tipped by South Pontotoc

March 10, 2023: Pontotoc, MS 38863

The South Pontotoc Cougars baseball team scored 8 runs and limited the visiting Houston Hilltoppers to 6 in the Cougars league victory on Friday.

The Cougars (7-1) will now prepare for their match against Eupora (Eupora, MS). The Eagles go into the non-league match with a 6-4 record. In their last match, Eupora tipped Kemper County (DeKalb, MS), 15-0, in a league match.

The Hilltoppers (1-8) will now prepare for their match against Booneville (Booneville, MS). The Blue Devils go into the non-league match with a 2-4 record. In their last match, Booneville tipped Baldwyn (Baldwyn, MS), 11-2, in a non-league match.

Rankings & Records

Houston (22-23)

MS	Reg.
172	18

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
3-21-1	2-8	0-7-1	3-12	0-2	.140	.200	78	161

South Pontotoc (22-23)

MS	Reg.
24	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
24-7	8-2	9-1	10-4	5-2	.774	.800	268	106

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Houston	.2	.5	.9	.3	.3	.5	.6	0	0	0	0	-	3.1	4.8	2.4
South Pontotoc	1.4	1.9	1.2	1.1	2.2	.8	1.1	0	0	0	0	1.0	8.6	8.5	1.5

Head-to-Head

South Pontotoc won on 3/7/2023

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

South Pontotoc 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 7 5 1
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

The South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) varsity baseball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Houston (MS) by a score of 7-0.
Box score
South Pontotoc won on 3/10/2023

3/10 @ 7p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Houston 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 6 6 5
South Pontotoc 2 3 0 0 0 3 - 8 8 2

The Houston (MS) varsity baseball team lost Friday's away conference game against South Pontotoc (Pontotoc, MS) by a score of 8-6.
Box score

3/7 @ 7p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
South Pontotoc	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	7	5	1
Houston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Team Stat Comparison

Houston		South Pontotoc
.187	Batting Average	.304
.323	On Base Percentage	.435
.221	Slugging Percentage	.461
.914	Fielding Percentage	.943
.333	Win Loss Percentage	.767

Team Leaders

Houston		South Pontotoc	National Avg.
#29 Adam Smith.286	Batting Average	#22 Cruze Lackey1.000	.243
#14 Jonathan Childress.422	On Base Percentage	#22 Cruze Lackey1.000	.375
#14 Jonathan Childress.354	Slugging Percentage	#22 Cruze Lackey1.000	.307
#24 Garrett Weaver1.000	Fielding Percentage	#10 Corder Buckner1.000	.861
#11 Rob Hancock1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#16 Jackson Rodgers1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Houston	3-9		South Pontotoc	10-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/11/23	Houston	Amory	(L) 4-2	3/4/23	South Pontotoc	Amory	(L) 6-5
2/20/23	Houston	Bruce	(W) 9-3	4/15/23	Bruce	South Pontotoc	(W) 18-6
2/24/23	Eupora	Houston	(L) 2-1	2/25/23	Eupora	South Pontotoc	(W) 14-4
				3/11/23	South Pontotoc	Eupora	(W) 16-3
3/3/23	Houston	Mooreville	(L) 11-7	2/27/23	Mooreville	South Pontotoc	(W) 4-2
3/21/23	Houston	Pontotoc	(L) 11-1	4/11/23	South Pontotoc	Pontotoc	(L) 9-6
3/24/23	Pontotoc	Houston	(L) 9-5	4/14/23	Pontotoc	South Pontotoc	(W) 10-3
3/28/23	Houston	New Albany	(W) 10-1	3/21/23	New Albany	South Pontotoc	(W) 16-2
3/31/23	New Albany	Houston	(L) 10-8	3/23/23	South Pontotoc	New Albany	(W) 8-2
4/4/23	Houston	North Pontotoc	(L) 12-2	3/28/23	North Pontotoc	South Pontotoc	(W) 17-4
4/6/23	North Pontotoc	Houston	(L) 4-0	3/30/23	South Pontotoc	North Pontotoc	(W) 7-5
4/11/23	Houston	Ripley	(W) 3-2	4/4/23	Ripley	South Pontotoc	(L) 5-1
4/14/23	Ripley	Houston	(L) 3-1	4/20/23	South Pontotoc	Ripley	(W) 4-2

Record Breakdown

Houston (22-23)		South Pontotoc (22-23)
3-21-1	Overall	24-7
2-8	League	8-2
1-12-1	Non-League	10-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
3-9	Common Opponent	10-3
0-7-1	Home	9-1
3-12	Away	10-4
0-2	Neutral	5-2
0-0	Playoff	6-2
3-19-1	In-State	23-7
0-1	Out-of-State	1-0