New Hanover County Middle School Champions!

Back-to-Back 2004-2005!
(5th 1st place finish in 12 years under Coach Williams!)

Final Record 2005: 10-2
click here for the online article in the Wilmington Star News - November 9th, 2005 edition

Thurs., Sept. 8 Noble (A) 10-0
Thurs., Sept. 15 Virgo (H) 7-0
Tues., Sept. 20 Trask (H) 2-1
Thurs., Sept. 22 Williston (A) 11-1
Tues., Sept. 27 Roland-Grise (A) 12-1
Thurs., Sept. 29 Murray (A) 6-0
Tues., Oct. 4 Noble (H) 14-8
Tues., Oct. 11 Virgo (A) 11-0
Thurs., Oct. 13 Trask (A) 6-4
Tues., Oct. 18 Williston (H) 4-7
Thurs., Oct. 20 Roland-Grise (H) 12-2
Tues., Oct. 27 Murray (H) 1-4


Team Stats

Team Hitting

team hits - 90 (79 were singles)
team batting average - .305
team on base percentage - .486
team runs - 103
team RBI's - 62
average runs per game - 8.6

Trivia moment: What is the ONLY TEAM to "outhit" the Lady Gators in one of its two games with the Gators this season? Answer at the bottom of the blog. :)

Individual hitting stats
Highest Batting Average - .500 (Katie Foy)
Highest On Base Percentage Average - .682 (Katie Foy)
Most runs - 22 (Katie Foy) - NEW SCHOOL RECORD!
Most RBI's - 16 (Kelsey Hopper) - NEW SCHOOL RECORD!
Most singles - 15 (Katie Foy)
Most doubles - 4 (Katie Foy)
Most triples - 3 (Savanna Allen)

Players hitting .333 or above
Katie Foy - .500
Savanna Allen - .424
Morgan Tilley - .414
Kelsey Hopper "great name for a softball player" - .351
Amanda White - .344
Allison Sylvestri - .333

Players with an on base percentage .500 or above
Katie Foy - .682
Amanda White - .571
Morgan Tilley - .559
Savanna Allen - .514
Eva Valle - .500
Samantha Turley - .500


Team Defense

What Myrtle Grove did
MG team turned 4 doubles plays
MG total errors = 20 in 12 games
MG passed balls = 3 (Kelsey caught every game, that's 1 every 4 games!)
MG pick offs = 5

What Myrtle Grove did to their opponents
opponents batting average = .129 (GREAT TEAM EFFORT!)
opponents ERA = 1.36 (GREAT TEAM EFFORT!)
opponent stolen bases = only 8
opponent # of hits = 40 in 12 games (3.3 per game) (GREAT TEAM EFFORT!)
opponent strikeouts = 101 (8.4 per game) (combined efforts of Amanda, Morgan, Savanna, and Kelsey)
opponent walks = 25 (2.08 per game)
opponent earned runs = 14 in 12 games (GREAT TEAM DEFENSE!)
opponent average runs per game = 2.25


Special thanks to Richard Foy for keeping the "book" all season, and providing all the information for these statistics!

Thanks also goes to Kay Foy for organizing the snack schedule, and making all those reminder calls, AND, last but not least, to all the parents for making sure Gators had refreshments during the games.