Newton, South Central Claim Baseball Wins

RAMSEY -- South Central trounced Ramsey to the tune of 17-0 in five innings Thursday evening in high school baseball action.

The Cougars edged out to a 3-0 first inning lead then had a nine-run second and a five-run third. Trent Geiler pitched a two-hitter with 10 strikeouts.

Ratermann had two singles, a double and two RBI while Hill had two doubles and two RBI. Brauer added a single, double and an RBI.

The Cougars are now 11-3 on the season.

At Ramsey

South Central           395    00    --   17-14-0

Ramsey                     000    00    --     0-  2-3

WP -- Geiler. LP -- Reiss.

South Central -- Ratermann, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Hill, 2 doubles, 2 RBI: Wilkins, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Brauer, single, double, 1 RBI

Ramsey -- Hunt, single; Casey, single

At Toledo

Tuscola handed Cumberland a 10-1 loss. Tuscola edged out to a 1-0 second inning lead then had a six-run fifth, two in the sixth and one in the seventh.

Cumberland had four hits led by Cutts with two singles.

At Toledo

Tuscola                   010    062    1    --    10-12-0

Cumberland           000    100    0    --       1-  4-2

WP -- Erickson. P -- Kanizer.

Tuscola -- Knight, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Williams, 2 singles; Hoel, 2 singles; Day, 2 singles

Cumberland -- Cutts, 2 singles

At Newton

Newton banged out 14 hits and tallied a 16-7 win over Lawrenceville.

Meinhart had a single, double and an RBI for the Eagles while Mammoser had a single, two doubles and four RBI. Geier had a single, triple and four RBI.

Newton improves to 4-1 in the Little Illini, 8-6 overall.

At Newton

Lawrenceville            002    113    0    --      7-11-4

Newton                      422    215    x    --    16-14-1

WP -- Spitzer. LP -- Goodwin.

Lawrenceville -- Dorney, 2 singles; Steffey, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Shick, single, 2 home runs, 3 RBI; Seed, home run, 1 RBI; Loeb, double

Newton -- Meinhart, single, double, 1 RBI; Bierman, 2 singles; Mammoser, single, 2 doubles, 4 RBI; Geier, single, triple, 4 RBI; Grunloh, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Wegber, double, 2 RBI

At Effingham

Effingham scored eight runs in the fourth inning to beat Teutopolis 8-5 in junior varsity baseball competition Thursday.

At Effingham

Teutopolis           020    030    0    --    5-7

Effingham           000    800    x    --    8-5

WP -- Barnes. LP -- Belleville.

Teutopolis -- Deters, single; Westendorf, single; K. Smith, single; M. Koester, single; Hartke, single; Weber, single, double

Effingham -- Sanders, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Beals, single; Dust, single; Barnes, single

OTHER SCORES:

Olney 13, Robinson 3

Arcola 7, Tri-County 6

Pleasant Plains 11, Taylorville 8

Flora 11, Red Hill (Bridgeport) 0