T-town Finishes 3-1-1 in Firecracker Classic

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Published on July 3 2018 7:10 am
Last Updated on July 3 2018 7:10 am
Written by Millie Lange

MATTOON -- Teutopolis Post 924 participated in the Mattoon Legion Firecracker Baseball Classic and finished with a 3-1-1 record during the weekend.

In pool play, T-town Post 924 defeated Rantoul, 6-2 at Lake Land College then downed Mattoon, 5-2 at Grimes Field Friday.

In Saturday action at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Red and T-town played to a 7-7 tie due to the time limit.

Post 924 received the No. 1 seed in its pool and that set up the first game of bracket play Saturday evening. T-town faced a strong Moultrie-Douglas Senior Legion squad. The game started around 8:30 p.m. and finally ended at 11:30 after 11 innings with T-town scoring in the bottom of the 11th for a 1-0 victory.

T-town then was matched up in the semifinals with Mattoon Post 88 and lost 9-1.

Mattoon Post 88 went on to face Charelston Post 93 Blue for the championship and lost, 3-1.