St. Anthony Claims NTC Baseball Crown

Effingham St. Anthony High School captured the championship of the National Trail Conference Baseball Tournament Friday evening at Paul Smith Field.

The Bulldogs blanked South Central 10-0 in five innings. The two teams went scoreless through the first four innings before the Bulldogs cut loose with 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Brandon Puckett threw a one-hitter with four walks and seven strikeouts.

Puckett also aided the cause offensively with two singles and four RBI. Greg Utz had two singles while Ethan Greene had a single and drove in two runs and Adam Levitt had a double.

Matheny had the lone hit, a single.

In the third place contest, Dieterich downed Altamont 6-2. The Movin' Maroons held a 4-0 lead in the third. Altamont then scored two runs in the fifth. Dieterich came back with two runs in the seventh.

Dieterich had 10 hits in the contest led by Matt Goedde with a single and double, Bryce McClain with two singles, Paul Thoele with a two singles and an RBI and Briar Schmidt with a double.

Altamont was led by Dawson Guerrettaz with two singles.

In the consolation championship, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg claimed a 7-4 win over North Clay (Louisville).

The Hatchets took a 2-0 lead in the first inning then tacked on two more in the third. North Clay tallied two in the fifth then tied the score in the top of the sixth. WSS pushed across three runs in the bottom of the sixth for the victory.

The Hatchets had 10 hits led by Chase Thies with two singles, a double and two RBI, Trevor Quast a single and double and Isaac Kramer a double and three RBI.

North Clay had seven hits led by Michael Lovett with two singles and an RBI.

Championship Game

South Central            000    0      0    --      0-1-2

St. Anthony               000    0(10)    --    10-9-2

WP -- Puckett. LP -- Matheny.

South Central -- Matheny, single

St. Anthony -- Puckett, 2 singles, 4 RBI; Gibson, single; Utz, 2 singles; Greene, single, 2 RBI; Kabbes, single; Levitt, double; Kline, 1 RBI; Wall, single, 1 RBI

Third Place Game

Dieterich             004    000    2    --    6-10-0

Altamont            000    020    0    --    2-  6-1

WP -- K. Whitt. LP -- Thoele.

Dieterich -- Goedde, single, double; Campton, single, 1 RBI; McClain, 2 singles; C. Thoele, single, 2 RBI; P. Thoele, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Schmidt, double; Radloff, single, 1 RBI

Altamont -- K. Whitt, single; C. Miller, single, 1 RBI; Teasley, single; Guerrettaz, 2 singles; Vaughn, single, 1 RBI

Consolation Championship

North Clay                              000    022    0    --    4-  7

Windsor/Stew-Stras             202    003    x    --    7-10

WP -- Hutchinson. LP -- Blank.

North Clay -- Jones, single; Aldrich, single; Bloemer, 1 RBI; VanDyke, single; Lovett, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Blank, single; Repking, single, 2 RBI

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Moschenrose, single; Thies, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Hutchinson, single, 1 RBI; Kramer, double, 3 RBI; Kessler, single; Ohnesorge, single; Quast, single, double