Junior High Baseball -- August 23

Effingham Sacred Heart improved to 2-1 on the season by blanking Okaw Valley 9-0 in junior high baseball action Thursday.

Jacob Boyajian led the Shamrocks with four singles. Josh  McDevitt and Josh Jenson had a single and an RBI each. Dawson Lohman had two RBI and Noah Biggs one.

Josh McDevitt threw a complete game. allowing one hit, one walk and striking out 20.

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis had a five-run third and a three-run fourth in downing Effingham in B action Thursday, 9-6.

T-town was led by Bennett Thompson with two singles, a double and an RBI and Jackson Pals with a double.

Effingham dropped to 2-1 on the season. Verdeyen led the Mustangs with two singles and an RBI.

At Teutopolis

Effingham             222    000    0    --    6-  6-6

Teutopolis             105    300    x    --    9-10-3

Effingham -- Lewis, single, 1 RBI; D. Splechter, single; Fleener, single; Verdeyen, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bushue, single, 1 RBI

Teutopolis -- Pals, double; Thompson, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Thoele, single; Jansen, single; Runde, single, 1 RBI; Kreke, single, 2 RBI; Gaddis, 2 RBI; Kinkelaar, single, 1 RBI; Bloemer, single, 1 RBI

At Beecher City

Shelbyville ran off to an 18-2 opening inning lead on Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City and finished with an 18-3 victory Thursday.

Shelbyville had 11 hits while holding CHBC to four.

CHBC was led by Ian Hammond with two singles and Gage Lorton with a single and an RBI.

At Beecher City

Shelbyville             (18)00    --    18-11-0

CHBC                          210   --       3- 4-2

WP -- Wells. LP -- Fisher.

Shelbyville -- no hits listed

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Evans, single; Hammond, 2 singles; Lorton, single

At Newton

Flora edged Jasper County, 8-7, in action Thursday.

Marc Jansen had a single and double for Jasper County while Dalton Baltzell had a single and a home run. Issac Flowers contributed a single and double while Max Meinhart added a double.

Jasper County is now 9-1 on the season.

At Newton

Flora 8, Jasper County 7

WP -- Giddens. LP -- Meinhart.

Jasper County -- Jansen, single, double; Baltzell, single, home run; Meinhart, double; Flowers, single, double

At Casey

Newton St. Thomas fell to Casey-Westfield 7-3 in action Thursday.

Leading hitters for St. Thomas were Drew Buerster, Evan Baltzell and Dylan Gier.

At Field

Altamont Lutheran pounded home 15 runs to blank Field, 15-0 Thursday.

Lutheran had eight hits led by L. Cornett with a single, double and an RBI, N. Shepard with a double and an RBI and L. Shepard with two singles and three RBI.

N. Stuemke picked up the one-hit pitching win, allowing three walks and striking out eight.

At Field

Altamont Lutheran            326    4    --    15-8-0

Field                                   000    0    --      0-1-4

WP -- Stuemke. LP -- Randall.

Altamont Lutheran -- L. Shepard, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Stuemke, single, 1 RBI; Robinson, single, 2 RBI; Flack, 1 RBI; Cornett, single, double, 1 RBI; Hankins, 1 RBI; N. Shepard, double, 1 RBI; Robbins, 1 RBI; K. Miller, single, 1 RBI

Field Elementary -- Randall, single