St. Anthony Splits Wins at Tuscola Invite; EHS Claims One Against Charleston

TUSCOLA -- Effingham St. Anthony High School competed in the Tuscola Baseball Invitational Saturday and split wins.

The Bulldogs lost to host Tuscola 6-4. St. Anthony held a 2-0 lead until the third when Tuscola scored all six of its runs. The Bulldogs came back with two in the sixth but fell short.

Neil Williams had a single and double for St. Anthony while Jacob Schuette had two singles and Ben Hecht a double. Eric Gertner had a single and drove in two runs.

In the second game, St. Anthony claimed a 9-3 victory over Danville Schlarman. The Bulldogs had 11 hits in the contest.

Hecht had two doubles while Austin Bushur had a single, home run and two RBI and Williams two singles, a double and an RBI. Gertner pitched the victory going four innings, allowing six hits, three runs, two walks and striking out five.

St. Anthony is now 9-2 on the season and plays at Newton today.

Tuscola Invitational

Game One

St. Anthony          200    002    0    --    4-8-0

Tuscola                 006    000    x    --    6-8-0

Bourgeois, Gardewine, Hoelscher and Dasenbrock; Rose and Williams

St. Anthony -- Hecht, double; Schuette, 2 singles; Hoelscher, single, 1 RBI; Williams, single, double; Lorenz, single; Gertner, single, 2 RBI

Tuscola -- Watson, 2 singles; Williams, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bates, single; Rose, double; Maritn, home run, 3 RBI; Bales, single

Game Two

Danvile Schlarman          000    300    0    --    3-  7-3

St. Anthony                    400    500    x    --    9-11-1

Gertner, Bourgeois (4) and Puckett; Jones and Fisher

Danville Schlarman -- Calhoun, single, double; Black, single; Jonas, single; Dien, single; Fisher, single; Gano, single

St. Anthony -- Hecht, 2 doubles; Bushur, single, home run, 2 RBI; Schuette, single, 1 RBI; Hoelscher, single; Williams, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Puckett, single, 1 RBI; Kabbes, single, 1 RBI

At Charleston

Effingham and Charleston split an Apollo Conference doubleheader Saturday.

The Hearts won the opener 10-7 behind a whopping 18 hits. Three players had four hits each. Braydon Bone had three singles and a double while Drew Levitt had a single, three doubles and two RBI and Mahaffey had three singles, a double and an RBI. Carter Hayes chipped in with a single, home run and five RBI, Vail with two singles and an RBI and Adam Koester with two singles.

In the second game, Charleston was a 4-2 winner. EHS led 2-0 until the fifth when the Trojans tallied all four runs.

The Hearts had only three hits in the contest while Charleston had seven. The Hearts drop to 1-1 in the conference, 2-5 overall.

Effingham captured two junior varsity games, beating Charleston 9-5 and 10-8.

At Charleston

Game One

Effingham           101    600    3    --    10-18-2

Charelston          300    022    0    --      7-12-1

WP -- Daughtery. LP -- Wilson.

Effingham -- Bone, 3 singles, double; Hayes, single, home run, 5 RBI; Levitt, single, 3 doubles, 2 RBI; Vail, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Koester, 2 singles; Jahaffey, 3 singles, double, 1 RBI

Charleston -- Sheppard, 2 singles; Englekes, 2 singles, home run, 2 RBI; Wilson, single, 2 RBI; Smith, single; Miller, double; Corrie, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Miller, single, triple

Game Two

Effingham           010    100    0    --    2-3-2

Charleston          000    040    0    --    4-7-3

No other statistics listed

Junior Varsity

Game One

Efifngham 9, Charleston 5

WP -- Poland. S --  Sanders.

Effingham -- White, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Poland, single; Woltman, single; T. Martin, 1 RBI; C. Martin, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI

Game Two

Effingham 10, Charleston 8 (9 innings)

WP -- Martin.

Effingham -- White, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Poland, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Woltman, single, 1 RBI; Dust, 1 RBI; Piggish, 1 RBI; Webb, 1 RBI; Pease, 2 singles

At Stew-Stras

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg and Central A&M split a doubleheader.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg won the opener 4-0, scoring single runs in the third and fourth and two in the fifth.

Christian Vonderheide pitched the victory allowing six hits, two walks and striking out nine. Hayden Cole had a home run and drove in three runs.

In the second contest, Central A&M won 4-3. Windsor/Stew-Stras held a 2-1 lead until the fifth when Central A&M tallied three runs.

Theis had three hits for Windsor/Stew-Stras and an RBI.

At Stew-Stras

Game One

Central A&M                         000    000    0    --    0-6

WIndsor/Stew-Stras           001     120    x    --   4-3

WP -- Vonderheide. LP -- Moma

Central A&M -- Garner, 1 hit; Ramsey, 1 hit; Bray, 2 hits; Bugg, 2 hits

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Cole, home run, 3 RBI; Fulk, 1 hit; Leasher, 1 hit

Game Two

Central A&M                        001    030    0    --    4-9

Windsor/Stew-Stras           110    010    0    --    3-5

WP -- Dance. LP -- Allen.

Central A&M -- Carner, 2 hits; Moma, 1 hit; Ramsey, 2 hits, home run, 3 RBI; Ade, 3 hits, 1 RBI

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- Cole, 1 hit; Theis, 3 hits, 1 RBI; Leasher, 1 hit; Helmuth, 1 RBI

Other Scores:

Taylroville 12, Maroa-Forsyth 10

Taylorville 16, Maroa-Forsyth 5

Mount Zion 5, Mattoon 4

Mattoon 3, Mount Zion 2

Flora 4, Edwards County (Albion) 3

Neoga 14, Tri-County 4

Neoga 11, Tri-County 5

Pana 11, Meridian 1

Shelbyville 7, Clinton 4