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Willow Spring Apex Friendship

Storm

Patriots

The Apex Friendship (Apex, NC) varsity baseball team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Willow Spring (Fuquay-Varina, NC) by a score of 7-2.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Willow Spring	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	-	-
Apex Friendship	0	0	0	1	3	3	-	7	-	-

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Game Stats

Apex Friendship (22-23)

Willow Spring

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	GS
	Team Totals	.167	29	24	2	4	2	0
1	Luke Avant (Jr)	.000	3	3	0	0	0
2	Ryan Hartley (Jr)	.000	1	1	0	0	0
5	Ben Cannaday (Fr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
6	Luke Howell (Jr)	.000	4	3	0	0	0
7	Cole Triplett (Jr)	.000	2	1	0	0	0
8	Jake Pereira (Jr)	.000	4	2	2	0	0
9	Hampton Hawley (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
13	Carter Vester (Jr)	.333	3	3	0	1	0
16	Josh Anderson (So)	.333	3	3	0	1	1
17	J. Sherrell (So)	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0

Apex Friendship

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.333	31	24	7	8	6	2
2	Brady Byler (Jr)	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
3	Jentz Steiner (Jr)	.667	3	3	0	2	1	0
6	Trey Davia (Sr)	1.000	1	1	1	1	2	0
7	Drew Ciaccio (So)	.667	3	3	1	2	0	0
8	Aj Ciaccio (Sr)	.333	4	3	0	1	1	0
10	Caden Christman (Jr)		1	0	0	0	0	0
11	R. Mansfield (Jr)		0	0	1	0	0	0
12	Andrew Smith (Jr)	.000	2	1	1	0	0	0
13	Ash Doyen (Jr)	.000	2	2	0	0	0	0
14	JJ Vondette (Jr)	.333	3	3	1	1	0	1
16	Jack Litt (Sr)	.333	4	3	1	1	2	1
19	Braden Bloom (Fr)	.000	4	1	1	0	0	0

Willow Spring

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	2	3	3	1	15	.310	.166	.477
1	Luke Avant (Jr)	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000
2	Ryan Hartley (Jr)	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
5	Ben Cannaday (Fr)	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
6	Luke Howell (Jr)	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.000	.250
7	Cole Triplett (Jr)	0	0	1	0	1	.500	.000	.500
8	Jake Pereira (Jr)	1	0	1	1	1	.500	.000	.500
9	Hampton Hawley (So)	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
13	Carter Vester (Jr)	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.666
16	Josh Anderson (So)	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
17	J. Sherrell (So)	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.000	.333

Apex Friendship

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	7	1	1	13	.484	.416	.901
2	Brady Byler (Jr)	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000
3	Jentz Steiner (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
6	Trey Davia (Sr)	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
7	Drew Ciaccio (So)	0	0	0	0	.667	.666	1.334
8	Aj Ciaccio (Sr)	1	0	0	1	.500	.333	.833
10	Caden Christman (Jr)	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.000
12	Andrew Smith (Jr)	1	1	0	0	.500	.000	.500
13	Ash Doyen (Jr)	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
14	JJ Vondette (Jr)	0	0	0	0	.333	.666	1.000
16	Jack Litt (Sr)	1	0	1	3	.500	.666	1.167
19	Braden Bloom (Fr)	3	0	0	0	.750	.000	.750

Willow Spring

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB	SBA
	Team Totals	4	0
8	Jake Pereira (Jr)	4

Apex Friendship

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	2
16	Jack Litt (Sr)	1
19	Braden Bloom (Fr)	1

Willow Spring

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E	DP
	Team Totals	.947	19	18	1	1
1	Luke Avant (Jr)	1.000	2	2	0	0
5	Ben Cannaday (Fr)	1.000	1	1	0	0
6	Luke Howell (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0	0
8	Jake Pereira (Jr)	1.000	7	7	0	1
9	Hampton Hawley (So)	.667	3	2	1	0
16	Josh Anderson (So)	1.000	2	2	0	0
21	C. Ingram-Gray (So)	1.000	1	1	0	0

Apex Friendship

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A
	Team Totals	1.000	31	21	10
2	Brady Byler (Jr)	1.000	4	2	2
3	Jentz Steiner (Jr)	1.000	4	1	3
7	Drew Ciaccio (So)	1.000	1	1	0
8	Aj Ciaccio (Sr)	1.000	5	0	5
10	Caden Christman (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
12	Andrew Smith (Jr)	1.000	1	1	0
13	Ash Doyen (Jr)	1.000	3	3	0
14	JJ Vondette (Jr)	1.000	10	10	0
19	Braden Bloom (Fr)	1.000	2	2	0

Willow Spring

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	7.00	2
10	Dominic Masters (Jr)	4.20	1
22	Zach Greene (So)	21.00	1

Apex Friendship

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	2.00	1		1.000	1
18	Cole Flanagan (Jr)	2.00	1		1.000	1

Willow Spring

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	6	8	7	6	6	1	31	25
10	Dominic Masters (Jr)	5	4	4	3	4	1	31	27
22	Zach Greene (So)	1	4	3	3	2

Apex Friendship

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	2	2	2	3			0	30	25
18	Cole Flanagan (Jr)	7	4	2	2	2	3			0	30	25

Willow Spring

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.320	.452	1	0	109	0	0	1
10	Dominic Masters (Jr)	.148	.258	1	0	74	0	0	1
22	Zach Greene (So)		3.000			35

Apex Friendship

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P	BK	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.160	.300	1	3			82	0	0	4
18	Cole Flanagan (Jr)	.160	.300	1	3			82	0	0	4

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Apex Friendship's stats are presented by GameChanger: live mobile scorekeeping for baseballGameChanger Media, Inc (ai)

Game Story

North Carolina High School Baseball - Apex Friendship defeats Willow Spring

March 25, 2023: Apex, NC 27502

Spectators at Saturday's non-league battle between the Apex Friendship Patriots (Apex, NC) and the visiting Willow Spring Storm (Fuquay-Varina, NC), saw Apex Friendship's baseball squad knock off Willow Spring by a count of 7-2.

Coming up next, the Patriots play the Panther Creek Catamounts (Cary, NC) in a Southwest Wake 4A battle, on Tuesday, March 28. Apex Friendship will attempt to move on its 5-5 season record. The Catamounts enter the battle with a 2-7 record after their 11-1 league win over Green Hope (Cary, NC).

The Storm now possess a 3-7 record. They put it on the line next when they host Fuquay - Varina for a Greater Neuse River 4A match on Monday, March 27. Willow Spring will confront a Bengals team coming off a 10-6 league win over Garner (Garner, NC). The Bengals record now stands at 7-1.

Rankings & Records

Willow Spring (22-23)

NC	Class
208	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
9-12	8-6	4-3	5-9	.429	.571	109	104

Apex Friendship (22-23)

NC	Class
130	20

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	RF	RA
14-13	5-9	4-4	8-8	2-1	.519	.357	189	162

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Willow Spring	1.0	.9	1.0	.9	.9	.5	.4	5.2	6.1	1.7
Apex Friendship	1.1	.7	.9	.8	1.3	1.5	.8	7.0	6.4	1.9

Team Stat Comparison

Willow Spring		Apex Friendship
.250	Batting Average	.302
.379	On Base Percentage	.437
.330	Slugging Percentage	.374
.930	Fielding Percentage	.947
.529	Win Loss Percentage	.652

Team Leaders

Willow Spring		Apex Friendship	National Avg.
#10 Dominic Masters.500	Batting Average	#9 Barrett Lowe1.000	.243
#8 Jake Pereira.537	On Base Percentage	#9 Barrett Lowe1.000	.375
#8 Jake Pereira.611	Slugging Percentage	#9 Barrett Lowe1.000	.307
#1 Luke Avant1.000	Fielding Percentage	#12 Andrew Smith1.000	.861
#19 Luke Doreauk1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#18 Cole Flanagan1.000	.543

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Willow Spring	0-6		Apex Friendship	3-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/28/23	Willow Spring	Apex	(L) 3-2	4/11/23	Apex	Apex Friendship	(L) 8-4
				4/13/23	Apex Friendship	Apex	(L) 8-3
				5/1/23	Apex Friendship	Apex	(W) 13-1
3/3/23	Willow Spring	Cary	(L) 9-6	4/18/23	Cary	Apex Friendship	(W) 23-2
				4/21/23	Apex Friendship	Cary	(L) 9-8
3/14/23	Willow Spring	Garner	(L) 7-3	4/12/23	Apex Friendship	Garner	(W) 17-14
3/17/23	Willow Spring	Garner	(L) 8-2
4/18/23	Willow Spring	Corinth Holders	(L) 7-3	5/12/23	Apex Friendship	Corinth Holders	(L) 6-3
4/21/23	Corinth Holders	Willow Spring	(L) 4-1

Record Breakdown

Willow Spring (22-23)		Apex Friendship (22-23)
9-12	Overall	14-13
8-6	League	8-9
1-5	Non-League	4-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-6	Common Opponent	3-4
4-3	Home	4-4
5-9	Away	8-8
0-0	Neutral	2-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
9-12	In-State	14-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0