St. A Beats S.C., Dieterich Blanks Neoga, N.C. Beats Newton

Effingham St. Anthony High School downed South Central 8-2 in baseball action Tuesday.

The Bulldogs took a 3-0 first inning lead then scored in the third, fourth and sixth. Jacob Lorenz and Kyle Bourgeois had two singles each for the winners while Austin Bushur and Neil Williams had a double each.

South Central was led by Bray with two singles and Holmes with a double.

At Effingham

South Central          000    101    0    --    2-4

St. Anthony              302    102    x    --    8-9

WP -- Gardewine. LP -- Ross.

South Central -- Bray, 2 singles; Williams, single; Holmes, double

St. Anthony -- Williams, double; Lorenz, 2 singles; Bushur, double; Dasenbrock, single; Hoelscher, single; Bourgeoius, 2 singles; Gibson, single

At Dieterich

Dieterich tallied two in the second and four in the fourth to blank Neoga 6-0 in high school baseball competition Wednesday.

The Movin' Maroons banged out 13 hits in the contest led by Shoemaker and Poe with three singles each. Shoemaker added two RBI. Traub had two singles and two RBI while Hartke had two singles and an RBI.

Newton had three hits, all singles by Romack, Walk and Olmstead.

At Dieterich

Neoga               000    000    0    --    0-   3-0

Dieterich          020    400    x    --    6-13-2

WP -- Thoele. LP -- Walk.

Neoga -- Romack, single; Walk, single; Olmstead, single

Dieterich -- Bohnhoff, single, 1 RBI; Hartke, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Traub, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Poe, 3 singles; Campton, single; Thoele, single; Shoemaker, 3 singles, 2 RBI

At Newton

North Clay (Louisville) had a 10-run third inning and went on for an 18-1 victory over Newton in five innings.

Cox had two singles, a double, home run and five RBI to lead the Cardinals. Stinnett had two singles and two RBI.

Newton was led by Huston with a single and double, Jansen with a double and Chesnut with two singles and an RBI.

At Newton

North Clay          02(10)    60    --    18-9-3

Newton               00       0    01    --      1-7-4

WP -- Walker. LP -- Mammoser.

North Clay -- Cox, single, double, home run, 5 RBI; Stinnett, 2 singles, 2 RBI

Newton -- Huston, single, double; Jansen, double; Chesnut, 2 singles, 1 RBI

OTHER SCORES:

Vandalia 14, Mulberry Grove 13

Olney 11, Oblong 0

Taylorville 9, Springfield Southeast 3

Flora 11, Casey-Westfield 1

Mount Zion 11, Shelbyville 0