North Clay Edges Shoes For Wooden Bat Title

TEUTOPOLIS -- North Clay High School claimed the championship of the Teutopolis Wooden Bat Baseball Tournament Saturday.

The Wooden Shoes won the opener over Effingham St. Anthony, 5-4. T-town scored all five runs in the first inning. The Bulldogs came back with two runs in the fifth and two in the sixth.

St. Anthony outhit the Shoes 9-6. K. Fearday led the way with a single, two doubles and an RBI while A.Mendella had a single, double and two RBI.

Teutopolis was led by M. Hemmen with a double and two RBI.

In the second contest, North Clay (Louisville) downed Dieterich, 7-5.

North Clay had a five-run third then tallied single runs in the fourth and fifth. Dieterich came back with a run in the sixth and scored four in the bottom of the seventh only to fall short.

Jones led North Clay with a single and two doubles while McCrary had three singles and an RBI, Ingram, a single, double and three RBI and Clifton two singles and two RBI.

Dieterich was led by Britton with a single and double and Will with two singles and an RBI.

In the third place contest, St. Anthony handed Dieterich a 12-2 loss in five innings via the 10-run rule.

The Bulldogs led 4-2 after three then had a five-run fourth and tallied three in the fifth to end the game.

Webb had a single, double and three RBI for the Bulldogs while C. Fearday and Moore had three singles and an RBI each. Antrim chpped in with two singles and two RBI.

Dieterich was led by Niebrugge with a double.

In the championship, North Clay and T-town went 12 innings before the Cardinals pulled out a 9-8 victory.

North Clay led 1-0 after the first inning and 3-0 after the second. T-town moved ahead 4-3 in the top of the fourth but North Clay tied in the bottom of the frame. T-town took an 8-7 lead in the sixth but the Cardnials tied in the bottom of the seventh sending the game into extra innings.

The contest went through five more innings before North Clay's Harmon Clifton doubled in the 12th and scored on a passed ball.

Clifton finished with a single, two doubles and an RBI while T. Jones, E. McCrary and D. Zimmerman had two singles each. Jones and Zimmerman had an RBI each.

T-town was led by Schwerdt with a single, double and an RBI.

Wooden Bat Tournament

Game One

St. Anthony               000    022     0    --    4-9-1

Teutopolis                 500    000    x    --    5-6-0

WP -- Hemmen. LP -- Fearday.

St. Anthony -- Hoene, single, 1 RBI; Fearday, single, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Tingley, single; C. Fearday, 2 singles; Mendella, single, double,  2 RBI

Teutopolis -- Ungrund, single; Hardiek, single; Schwerdt, single, 1 RBI; Hemmen, double, 2 RBI; Addis, single, 1  RBI; Hardiek,single; McMahon, single

Game Two

North Clay             005    101    0    --    7-11-1

Dieterich                000    001    4    --    5- 7-1

WP -- Burkett. LP -- Will.

North Clay -- Jones, single, 2 doubles; Clifton, 2 singles, 2 RBI; McCrary, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Ingram, single, double, 3 RBI; Fleener, single, 1 RBI

Dieterich -- Will, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Gephart, single, 1 RBI; Britton, single, double; Lane, single; Niebrugge, single, 1 RBI

Third Place

Dieterich                      002    00    --      2- 4-0

St. Anthony                 031    53    --    12-14-1

WP -- Hotze. LP -- Bushur.

Dieterich -- Will, single; Ruholl, 2 RBI; Niebrugge, duoble; Britton, single; Kuhl, single

St. Anthony -- Antrim, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Hoene, single; Fearday, single, 2 RBI; Webb, single, double, 3 RBI; Braunecker, single, 1 RBI; C. Fearday, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Moore, 3 singles, 1 RBI: Mendell,a single, 1 RBI

Championship

Teutopolis              000    431   000    000    --    8-  5-3

North Clay             120    103    100    001    --    9-13-7

WP -- Clifton. LP -- Teutopolis.

Teutopolis -- Ungrund, 1 RBI; Schwerdt, single, double, 1 RBI; Hemmen, single, 1 RBI; Addis, single, 2 RBI; McMahon, single

North Clay -- Jones, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Clifton, single, 2 doubles, 1  RBI; McCrary, 2 singles; Ingram, single, 1 RBI; Ballard, single, 1 RBI; Fleener, single, 1 RBI; Burkett, single; Zimmerman, 2 singles, 1 RBI

Friday Games

Effingham St. Anthony downed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, 5-2. CHBC held a 2-1 first inning lead but the Bulldogs tallied three in the second and a final run in the fifth.

B. Niebrugge went five innings allowing two runs on one hit, three walks and striking out nine.

A. Webb had a double and an RBI while J. Hoene had a single and four RBI.

South Central's one hit came from Q. Schlanser with a single.

At St. Anthony

CHBC                        200    000    0    --    2-1-2

St. Anthony              130    010    x    --    5-6-2

WP -- Niebrugge. LP -- Wells.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Schlanser, single

St. Anthony -- Antrim, single; Hoene, single, 4 RBI; Tingley, single; Webb, double, 1 RBI; Mendell, single; Walsh, single

At Dieterich

North Clay (Louisville) edged Dieterich 3-2. The two teams were tied at 1-1 in the first. The Cardinals took a 2-1 lead in the fifth and Dieterich tied in the sixth. The game went into the eighth when North Clay scored for the win.

The Cardinals were led by E. McCrary with two singles and an RBI, D. Zimmerman witht wo singles and H. Clifton with a double.

Dieterich was led by M. Hunzinger with two singles and an RBI and L. Hall with a double.

At Dieterich

North Clay               100    010    01    --    3-7-2

Dieterich                  100    001    00    --    2-6-2

WP -- Jones. LP -- Hunzinger.

North Clay -- Jones, single; Clifton, 1 RBI; Clifton, double; Ballard, single; McCrary, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Zimmerman, 2 singles

Dieterich -- Will, single; Hunzinger, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Niebrugge, single; Britton, single; Hall, double; Kuhl, 1 RBI

At St. Elmo

Neoga came calling at St. Elmo/Brownstown and handed the host squad a 19-1 loss in five innings.

The Indians banged out 21 hits in the contest led by T. Moore with three singles and three RBI, T. Roy with three singles and two RBI, L. Romack with three singles and an RBI, C. Banning, N. Lacy and I. Walk with a single and double each. Banning and Lacy had two RBI while Walk had one.

SEB was led by B. Maxey with two singles.

At St. Elmo

Neoga               030    00    --    19-21-3

SEB                  000    00    --      1-   4-3

(Innings do not add up)

WP -- Fearday. LP -- Viramontes.

Neoga -- Fearday, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bullock, single, 1 RBI; Moore, 3 singles, 3 RBI; Banning, single, double, 2 RBI; Lacy, single, double, 2 RBI; Walk, single, double, 1 RBI; O'Dell, single, 1 RBI; Romack, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Roy, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Kingery, single, 1 RBI; Young, single, 3 RBI

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Maxey, 2 singles; Atwood, single; Myers, single

At Kinmundy

South Central stepped out to a 7-3 opening inning lead on Altamont and went on for a 13-9 victory.

The Cougars had nine hits led by C. Dodson with two singles, a double and three RBI while S. Cowger had a double and two RBI and E. Watwood two singles and an RBI. South Central improves to 2-0 in the National Trail Confrence, 3-0 overall.

Altamont was led by H. Cripe with three singles and four RBI and B. Baucum with a double and an RBI.

At Kinmundy

Altamont                     304    002    0    --      9-6-2

South Central             702    040    x    --    13-9-1

WP -- Dodson. LP -- Eirhart.

Altamont -- Baucum, double, 1 RBI; Cripe, 3 singles, 4 RBI; Robbins, single, 2 RBI; Hammer, single, 2 RBI

South Central -- C. Dodson, 2 singles, double, 3 RBI; A. Dodson, 1 RBI; Patten, single, 1 RBI; Cowger, double, 2 RBI; Rubin, single, 1 RBI; VanScyoc, 1 RBI; Lybarger, single, 2 RBI; Watwood, 2 singles, 1 RBI

Saturday Games

Altamont picked up a varsity and a junior varsity victory over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg.

Altamont tallied a 2-1 varsity win. WSS held a 1-0 lead until the third when the Indians knotted the score. Altamont then tallied the winning run in the top of the seventh. M. Robinson led off the inning with a pinch-hit single. B. Stuemke followed with a single and K. Eirhart singled home the winning run. Eirhart had both RBI in the game.

Stuemke threw a two-hitter with no walks and six strikeouts.

The Hatchets wre led by G. Wernsing and S. Vonderheide with a single each.

In junior varsity action, Altamont picked up a 10-3 victory behind a 12-hit attack.

Cripe had a double and an RBI while Robinson, Kollman and Cornett had two singles each. Kollman drove in two runs and Robinson one.

WSS had four hits, all singles by Beals, Welton, Chaney and Slifer. Beals had one RBI.

At Strasburg

Varsity Game

Altamont                 001    000    1    --    2-7-3

WSS                        100    000    0    --    1-2-0

WP -- Stuemke. LP -- Wernsing.

Altamont -- Stuemke, single; Eirhart, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Teasley, 2 singles; Baucum, single; Robinson, single

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Wernsing, single; Vonderheide, single

Junior Varsity Game

Altamont                  100    132    3    --    10-12-1

WSS                         100    011    0    --      3-  4-6

WP -- Cornett. LP -- Price.

Altamont -- Siebert, single, 2 RBI; Robinson, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Cripe, double 1 RBI; Phillips, single; Kollmann, single; Kollman, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Marcol, single, 1 RBI; Wendling, single; Cornett, 2 singles

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Vonderheide, 1 RBI; Beals, single , 1 RBI; Welton, single; Chaney, single; Slifer, single

At Woodlawn

South Central went 11 innings to finally down Woodlawn, 10-5.

Woodlawn held a 2-1 lead after six innings. The score was tied at 4-4 in the seventh sending the game into extra innings. Both teams scored a single run in the 10th. South Central then broke loose with five runs in the 11th.

A. Dodson had a single, double and an RBI while B. Hestand had a single and double.

At Woodlawn

South Central               000    001    300    15    --    10-8-2

Woodlawn                     100    100    200    10    --      5-8-8

WP -- Brandt. LP -- Lorenzini.

South Central -- A. Dodson, single, double, 1 RBI; Brandt, single, 2 RBI; Patten, single; VanScyoc, single, 1 RBI; Hiestand, single, double; Lybarger, single, 1 RBI

Woodlawn -- England, 2 singles; Tiemann, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Porter, single, double, 1 RBI; Witzel, double; Bridewell, single, 1 RBI

At Brownstown

Brownstown/St. Elmo edged Odin/Patoka, 6-5. BSE moved ahead 2-1 in the second and led 5-4 after three. Odin/Patoka tied in the sixth but BSE scored again in the bottom of the frame for the win.

Jace McWhorter had a home run and an RBI for the winners. Dalton Myers had a single and an RBI. BSE is now 2-2 on the season.

At Brownstown

Odin/Patoka                 103    001    0    --    5-6-2

BSE                               023    001    x    --    6-5-4

WP -- Myers. LP -- Jollitff.

Odin/Patoka -- Roberts, 2 singles; H. Jolliff, single; Parrish, single; Calhoun, single; B. Jolliff, double

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Pruett, single; Atwood, single; McWhorter, home run, 1 RBI; Myers, single, 1 RBI; Chandler, single

Monday Games

At Altamont

Teutopolis and Altamont split a doubleheader Monday.

In the opener, T-town claimed a 15-4 win, scoring two runs in the first, second, third and fourth innings and finishing off with six in the seventh. The Shoes had 11 hits.

M. Hemmen had a single, home run and four RBI while T. Schwerdt had two singles and three RBI, B. Deters a single, double and four RBI and L. Ungrund 2 singles

Altamont was led by K. Eirhart with a single, double and an RBI.

In the second contest, Altamont captured a 13-2 win in five innings via the 10-run rule.

The Indians took a 5-1 opening inning lead then tacked on five more in the second and three in the third.

Baucum had a single, double and an RBI while Cripe had two singles and an RBI and Hammer a double and an RBI.

T-town was led by S. Bushur with two singles.

At Altamont

Game One

Teutopolis                 222    210    6    --    15-11-3

Altamont                   011    100    1    --      4-  7-3

WP -- Schwerdt. LP -- Cripe.

Teutopolis -- Ungrund, 2 singles; Hardiek, 1 RBI; Schwerdt, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Hemmen, single, home run, 4 RBI; Wermert, double; Addis, 1 RBI; Hardiek, single; McMahon, single; Deters, single, double, 4 RBI

Altamont -- Hammer, single; Teasley, single; Baucum, single; Eirhart, single, double, 1 RBI; Kopplin, single, 1 RBI; Stuemke, single

Game Two

Teutopolis                101    00    --      2-3-2

Altamont                  553    0x    --    13-7-3

WP -- Phillips. LP -- Buehnerkemper.

Teutopolis -- Bushur, 2 singles; Wermert, single, 1 RBI; Konkel, 1 RBI

Altamont -- Hammer, double, 1 RBI; Cripe, 1 RBI; Baucum, single, double, 1 RBI; Cripe, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Robbins, single, 1 RBI; Miller, 2 RBI; Kopplin, single, 3 RBI