S. Central, N.C. Blank Opponents, Neoga Beats St. A

Neoga High School had a five-run second and went on to defeat Effingham St. Anthony 5-2 in baseball action Thursday.

The Bulldogs tallied their two runs in the fourth and sixth innings. Zack Monroe pitched a four-hitter as Neoga improved to 1-0.

St. Anthony drops to 1-1 on the season and will play at Webber Township (Bluford) Saturday. Neoga will be in the Teutopolis Invitational Saturday.

At St. Anthony

Neoga                    050    001    0    --    6-5-1

St. Anthony          000    101    0   --    2-4-3

WP -- Monroe. LP -- Hoelscher.

Neoga -- no hits listed

St. Anthony -- Williams, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Dasenbrock, single, 1 RBI; Gurtner, single

At Kinmundy

South Central broke a 0-0 tie with a two-run third and then tallied nine runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to end the game 11-0 via the 10-run rule over Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor Thursday evening.

Dylen Peters pitched a four-hitter with no walks and seven strikeouts. Tyler Ross hit a three-run homer in the fifth to end the game and finished with four RBI and another hit, a single. Kyle Bray had two singles, a double and drove in three runs while Tyus Holmes had a single, double and two RBI.

Stew-Stras/Windsor was led by Bugger with a double.

At Kinmundy

Stew-Stras/Windsor          000    00    --      0-   4-1

South Central                      002    09    --    11-12-0

WP -- Peters. LP -- Jones.

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor -- Helmuth, single; Vonderheide, single; Allen, single; Bugger, double

South Central -- Bray, 2 singles, double, 3 RBI; Ross, single, home run (fifTH, two on), 4 RBI; Holmes, single, double, 2 RBI; Powless, single; Hill, single; Harmeier, single; Henken, single; Peters, single

At Brownstown

North Clay (Louisville) tallied runs in the second, third, fifth, sixth and seventh innings in blanking Brownstown/St. Elmo 8-0.

Byers pitched a one-hitter with three walks and seven strikeouts. Byers also aided his own cause with a single and double. Britton added a triple

Brownstown/St. Elmo's lone hit was a single by Nate Matthews. The homestanders drop to 1-1 on the season.

At Bob Page Field

North Clay                                012    021    2    --    8-8-1

Brownstown/St. Elmo           000    000    0    --    0-1-2

WP -- Byers. LP -- Flowers.

North Clay -- Britton, triple; McNelly, single; Bailey, single; Traub, single; Byers, single, doubLe; Lovett, 2 singles

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Matthews, single