T-town Advances To Baseball Regional Championship

LAWRENCEVILLE -- Teutopolis High School moved into the championship of the Class 2A Lawrenceville Baseball Regional by blanking Robinson 8-0 Wednesday.

The two teams went scoreless through the first two innings before the Wooden Shoes broke it open with a seven-run third then tacked on a final run in the fourth.

Kyle Smith was the winning pitcher on a one-hitter with two walks and 10 strikeouts.

Jordan Thoele hit a solo home run for the Shoes. Tommy Flach added a double and an RBI. Seven players had one hit each for the Shoes.

T-town advances to the title contest with a 27-5-1 record and will face either Flora or Newton at 10 a.m. Saturday for the championship. Flora and Newton play today.

Class 2A Lawrenceville Regional

Robinson             000    00    --    0-1-1

Teutopolis           007    1x    --    8-7-0

WP -- Smith. LP -- Blankenbeker.

Robinson -- Miller, single

Teutopolis -- Smith, single; Niemerg, single, 1 RBI; Thoele, home run, 1 RBI; Hartke, single; Mette single; Johnson, single; Roepke, 1 RBI; Flach, double, 1 RBI

Class 1A North Clay Regional

Brownstown/St. Elmo edged South Central 7-6 in the North Clay (Louisville) Regional Wednesday.

BSE took a 5-2 opening inning lead and led 7-4 going into the seventh when South Central made a comeback bid with two runs only to fall short.

BSE had five hits led by Nate Matthews with a double and an RBI and Andrew Koonce with a double.

South Central was led by Ryan Matheny with a single, home run and four RBI and Trent Geiler with two singles. The Cougars finish the season at 14-12.

BSE advances to the championship game Saturday at 10 a.m. with a 12-14 mark. BSE will face either Altamont or North Clay for the title. Those two teams play today at 4:30 p.m.

Class 1A North Clay Regional

BSE                            510    010    0    --    7-5-0

South Central           202    000    2    --    6-7-3

WP -- Hall. LP -- Ratermann.

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Brown, single, 2 RBI; Horner, single; Hall, single; Feezel, 1 RBI: Flowers, 1 RBI; Maxey, 1 RBI; Matthews, double, 1 RBI; Ireland, 1 RBI; Koonce, double

South Central -- Ratermann, single; Harmeier, single; Smith, single; Powless, 1 RBI; Hill, 1 RBI; Matheny, single, home run, 4 RBI; Geiler, 2 singles

Class 1A Cumberland Regional

Neoga handed Hutsonville/Palestine an 11-1 loss in the Cumberland Regional Wednesday.

The Indians took a 3-0 first inning lead. Trevor Moore picked up the pitching win allowing four hits over five innings with seven strikeouts. Moore also had a single, double, triple and drove in two runs. Guy Walk had a double and an RBI.

Neoga improves to 18-7 and will meet either Casey-Westfield or Cumberland for the regional championship at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Class 1A Cumberland Regional

Hutsonville/Palestine            000    001    --      1-5-5

Neoga                                      301    061    --    11-9-1

WP -- Moore. LP -- Sheil.

Hutsonville/Palestine -- Sheil, single; Ramsey, single; Surrell, single, 1 RBI; Woodward, 2 singles

Neoga -- Moore, single, double, triple, 2 RBI: Kingery, single, 2 RBI; Hill, 1 RBI; Walk, double, 1 RBI; Ramert, single, 2 RBI; Yurs, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Nees, single, 1 RBI

Class 1A Dieterich Regional

Effingham St. Anthony bounced Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 16-0. No other information was reported on the game.

St. Anthony advances to the championship game to meet wither Dieterich or Oblong at 11 a.m. Saturday. Those two teams play today at 4:30 p.m.

Class 1A Moweaqua Central A&M Regional

Bethany Okaw Valley was set to meet Arcola but the game was postponed due to the weather Wednesday.

That game will be played today at 4:30 p.m. at Assumption. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will take on Mowequa Central A&M today at 4:30 p.m.