Junior High Baseball Regional -- Sept. 22

Members of the St. Anthony Junior High baseball team headed to sectional are, front row, left to right, Liam Hammer, Dylan Guy, Jack Hoene, Aaron Webb, Zach Wortman, Ben Mendella, Nathan Schultz and Sutherlan Litke. Back row, left to right, Jared Hoene, Colin Koester, Luke Ludwig, Braeden Quandt, Bryson Wall, Will Niebrugge, Blake Niebrugge, Ben Strullmyer, Davis Tingley amd Hunter Stevens.

SIGEL -- Effingham St. Anthony's Luke Ludwig and Ben Strullmyer combined to pitch a no-hitter as the Bullpups disposed of Dieterich 16-1 in the Class 1A Sigel St. Michael Regional baseball championship game Monday.

St. Anthony stepped out to a 7-0 first inning lead and ended the game in the fourth. Koester led the 14-hit attack with two singles, a double and four RBI. Mendella added a single, double and four RBI, Strullmyer a single and double, Guy three singles and an RBI, Ludwig two singles and Wall a double and two RBI.

St. Anthony is now 13-4 on the season and will face Nokomis at 11 a.m. Saturday at a site to be determined. Nokomis edged Okaw Valley 8-7 in the Nokomis Regional.

At Sigel

Dieterich               001    0    --      1-  0-3

St. Anthony          770    2    --    16-14-1

WP -- Ludwig. LP -- Niebrugge.

Dieterich -- no hits

St. Anthony -- Mendella, single, double, 4 RBI; Strullmyer, single, double; Koester, 2 singles, double, 4 RBI; Ludwig, 2 singles; Wall, double, 2 RBI; Guy, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Tingley, single, 2 RBI

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis won it's own Class 2A Regional by blanking Cumberland 10-0 in six innings. T-town has now won seven straight regional titles.

T-town edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead then had a four-run third. T-town banged out 12 hits in the contest led by Mitch Hardiek with three singles, Mitch Apke with a single, double and three RBI and Mitch Hemmen with two singles and an RBI.

Clint Weber picked up the pitching win on a two-hitter with one walk and five strikeouts. T-town is now 16-5 and will face Paris Crestwood  Saturday at the T-town Sectional at 11 a.m. Paris Crestwood edged Lawrenceville Parkview 3-2 to win the Casey-Westfield Regional. T-town defeated Crestwood in the championship game of the AA state tournament last year.

At Teutopolis

Cumberland          000    000    --      0- 2-2

Teutopolis            104    302    --    10-12-1

WP -- Weber. LP -- none listed.

Cumberland -- Mathenia, single; French, single

Teutopolis -- J. Hardiek, single; Smith, single; M. Hardiek, 3 singles; Apke, single, double, 3 RBI; Hemmen, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Runde, single, 1 RBI; Ungrund, single, 1 RBI; Drees, single

At Effingham

Jasper County, seeded fifth, upset third-seeded Mount Zion in the Class 3A Effingham Regional championship game.

Jasper County was a 7-5 winner. Conner Bierman picked up the pitching win.

Jasper County now advances to the Mount Zion Sectional where it will face Rochester, a 3-1 winner over Williamsville at the Williamsville Regional Saturday at 11 a.m.