Bulldogs Claim NTC Baseball Tourney Title

St. Anthony won the championship of the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament Saturday.

Effingham St. Anthony High School claimed the championship of the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament Saturday by blanking Altamont 10-0.

The Bulldogs held a 1-0 lead in the second inning then tacked on two in the fifth, five in the sixth and two in the seventh. St. Anthony had five extra base hits in the contest. Drew Gibson had two singles, a double and two RBI while Bryar Jansen had a single, double and three RBI. Braden Puckett and Kyle Bourgeois contributed a single and double each while Greg Utz had a double and an RBI.

Bourgeois picked up the pitching win on a two-hitter with two walks and four strikeouts.

The two hits were singles by Brady Winn and Caden Miller.

In the third place game, South Central tallied a 3-0 win over Neoga.  All three runs came in the third inning. Peters was the winning pitcher on a two-hitter.

Harmeier led the Cougars with a single and double. Neoga had two hits, singles by Monroe and Moore. The Indians end the fall season at 5-13.

In the consolation championship, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg edged Dieterich 4-3. Dieterich held a 3-1 lead until the bottpm of the sixth when Windsor/Stew-Stras tied the score. The Blue Devils picked up the win in the bottom of the seventh.

Windsor/Stew-Stras had three hits, two singles anad an RBI by Devon Deremiah and a single by Nic Hutchison. Chase Thies added an RBI. W/SS ends the season with an 11-6 record.

Dieterich had two hits, singles by Clayton Campton and Paul Thoele. Both had an RBI.

National Trail Conference Tournament

Championship Game

St. Anthony           010    025    2    --    10-12-3

Altamont                000    000    0    --       0-  2-3

WP -- Bourgeois. PL -- Wolff.

St. Anthony -- Lorenz, single; Gibson, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Jansen, single, double, 3 RBI; Brad. Puckett single, double; Bourgeois, single, double; Utz, double, 1 RBI; Clausius, single

Altamont -- Winn, single; C. Miller, single

Third Place Game

Neoga                        000    000    0    --    0-2-2

South Central          003    000    x    --    3-4-1

WP -- Peters. LP -- Walk.

Neoga -- Monroe, single; Moore, single

South Central -- Hill, single; Smith, single; Powless, 1 RBI; Geiler, 1 RBI; Harmeier, single, double

Consolation Championship

Dieterich                                 000    300    0    --    3-2-2

Windsor/Stew-Stras           000    102    1    --    4-3-1

WP -- Overbeck. LP -- Bohnhoff.

Dieterich -- Campton, single, 1 RBI; Thoele, single, 1 RBI

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Deremiah, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Huthcinson, single