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Byhalia Independence

Indians

Wildcats I

The Independence (MS) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Byhalia (MS) by a score of 17-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Byhalia	1	0	3	-	-	-	-	4	2	2
Independence	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	17	5	3

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Byhalia (25-26)

Byhalia has not entered stats for this game.

Independence (25-26)

Independence

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	3B
	Team Totals	.625	23	8	17	5	4	3
2	K. Kitchens	.000	3	1	1	0	0	0
4	Karis Pace		3	0	3	0	0	0
22	Maci Pritchett		2	0	2	0	0	0
26	G. Ashworth	1.000	3	1	3	1	0	0
27	April Bryok	1.000	2	1	2	1	0	1
28	I. Chambers	1.000	2	1	2	1	1	0
29	Shelbie Helton		1	0	2	0	0	0
33	Kylie Daniel	1.000	3	1	0	1	2	1
34	Ariel Wages	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0
62	Journee Jackson	1.000	2	1	1	1	1	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	10	3	5	.870	1.375	2.245
2	K. Kitchens	1	1	1	.667	.000	.667
4	Karis Pace	2	0	1	1.000		1.000
22	Maci Pritchett	2	0	0	1.000		1.000
26	G. Ashworth	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	2.000
27	April Bryok	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	4.000
28	I. Chambers	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
29	Shelbie Helton	1	0	0	1.000		1.000
33	Kylie Daniel	0	0	2	1.000	3.000	4.000
34	Ariel Wages	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000
62	Journee Jackson	1	0	0	1.000	3.000	4.000

Independence

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	6
4	Karis Pace	2
26	G. Ashworth	1
27	April Bryok	1
28	I. Chambers	1
62	Journee Jackson	1

Independence

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.750	12	9	3
28	I. Chambers	1.000	1	1	0
29	Shelbie Helton	.000	1	0	1
33	Kylie Daniel	1.000	8	8	0
34	Ariel Wages	.000	1	0	1
	Neely Williams	.000	1	0	1

Independence

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	W	W%	APP	SV
	Team Totals	1	1.000	1	1
28	I. Chambers	1	1.000	1	0
29	Shelbie Helton	0		1	1

Independence

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	3	2	4	1	7	15	11
28	I. Chambers	1.2	2	1	1	4	7	6
29	Shelbie Helton	1.1	0	3	0	3	8	5

Independence

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	HBP	#P
	Team Totals	.182	.400	3	71
28	I. Chambers	.333	.429	0	38
29	Shelbie Helton	.000	.375	3	33

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Game Story

Mississippi High School Softball - Independence bounces Byhalia

February 23, 2026: Independence, MS 38618

The Independence Wildcats (Independence, MS) softball routed the visiting Byhalia Indians (Byhalia, MS), 17-4 in Monday's non-league outing.

The Wildcats now sport a 1-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Hickory Flat for a non-league outing on Tuesday, February 24. Independence will encounter a Rebels team coming off a 11-10 non-league loss to Tremont (Tremont, MS). The Rebels record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Byhalia moves to 0-3 on the season. The Indians travel to Hickory Flat (Hickory Flat, MS) to clash with the Rebels in a non-league test on Friday, February 27. The Rebels go into the test with a record of 1-1. Hickory Flat won 19-9 in their recent non-league test against Independence (Independence, MS)

Byhalia @ Independence Softball Game Info

Mon., Feb. 23, 2026 @ 5p

The Independence (MS) varsity softball team won Monday's home non-conference game against Byhalia (MS) by a score of 17-4.

Rankings & Records

Byhalia (25-26)

MS	Class
210	39

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	RF	RA
2-15	1-7	1-4	1-11	.118	.125	92	300

Independence (25-26)

MS	Class
165	21

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	RF	RA
9-12	4-0	7-2	2-8	0-2	.429	1.000	187	196

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Byhalia	.9	2.2	1.1	5.5	3.0	-	-	5.4	1.1	6.8
Independence	4.8	2.9	1.7	.3	1.0	2.0	0	8.9	6.5	3.4

Head-to-Head

Independence won on 2/23/2026

2/23 @ 5p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Byhalia 1 0 3 - - - - 4 2 2
Independence 13 4 - - - - - 17 5 3

The Byhalia (MS) varsity softball team lost Monday's away non-conference game against Independence (MS) by a score of 17-4.
Box score
Independence won on 3/23/2026

3/23 @ 4:30p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Independence 10 1 4 - - - - 15 4 1
Byhalia 0 0 0 - - - - 0 0 2

The Independence (MS) varsity softball team won Monday's away non-conference game against Byhalia (MS) by a score of 15-0.
Box score

3/23 @ 4:30p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Independence	10	1	4	-	-	-	-	15	4	1
Byhalia	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	2

Team Stat Comparison

Byhalia		Independence
-	Batting Average	.380
-	On Base Percentage	.560
-	Slugging Percentage	.551
-	Fielding Percentage	.740
-	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

Byhalia		Independence	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	Neely Williams1.000	.289
-	On Base Percentage	Neely Williams1.000	.408
-	Slugging Percentage	#62 Journee Jackson1.235	.397
-	Fielding Percentage	Carly Stricklen1.000	.828
-	Win Loss Percentage	#29 Shelbie Helton1.000	.559

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Byhalia	2-5		Independence	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/27/26	Byhalia	Hickory Flat	(L) 19-1	2/24/26	Independence	Hickory Flat	(L) 19-9
3/3/26	Byhalia	Ripley	(L) 16-0	2/20/26	Independence	Ripley	(L) 13-0
3/26/26	Ripley	Byhalia	(L) 16-0
3/5/26	Byhalia	Rosa Fort	(L) 27-23	2/26/26	Rosa Fort	Independence	(W) 23-2
3/31/26	Rosa Fort	Byhalia	(W) 25-10	3/19/26	Independence	Rosa Fort
4/13/26	Byhalia	Strayhorn	(L) 20-0	3/20/26	Strayhorn	Independence	(W) 18-11
				3/21/26	Independence	Strayhorn	(L) 12-5
4/14/26	Byhalia	Holly Springs	(W) 28-23	3/24/26	Holly Springs	Independence	(W) 15-0
				4/9/26	Independence	Holly Springs	(W) 19-2

Record Breakdown

Byhalia (25-26)		I Independence (25-26)
2-15	Overall	9-12
1-7	League	4-0
1-6	Non-League	5-10
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-5	Common Opponent	4-3
1-4	Home	7-2
1-11	Away	2-8
0-0	Neutral	0-2
0-2	Playoff	0-2
2-15	In-State	9-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0