St. A, Flora Score 60 Runs, Area Softball Roundup

The score looked more like a football game than a softball score as Effingham St. Anthony High School downed Flora 32-28 in action Monday evening.

The first inning opened with the Wolves taking a 6-3 lead and pushing that to 13-4 after two innings. Then it was St. Anthony's turn as the Bulldogs tallied eight runs in the third. Flora held a 19-13 lead going into the fifth. St. Anthony came back with five in the fifth, four in the sixth and 10 runs in the top of the seventh to pull out the four run victory.

The two teams had 56 hits in the contest and had six errors each. St. Anthony had 30 hits led by Piage Koester with seven singles and two RBI, Makayla Walsh with a single, two doubles and 10 RBI, Jenna Woltman with three singles, a double and four RBI and Hunter Niebrugge with two singles, a home run and six RBI.

The big score moves St. Anthony and Flora into fourth place in the Illinois High School Association record books for most runs scored in a game by both teams. The most runs scored by two teams was 73 by Sparland 37 and Roanoke Benson 36 in 1989. Second place is 63 by Chicago Phillips 37 and Chicago Tilden 26 in 1987 and third is 62 by Chicago Phillips 33 and Chicago Kenwood 29 in 1987.

The Bulldogs also moved into a tie for seventh place in most hits in a game with 30. They are tied with Oswego (1987) and Casey-Westfield (1992).

The Bulldogs improve to 3-1 on the season and return to action Wednesday at Olney.

At Flora

St. Anthony          318    154    (10)    --    32-30-6

Flora                      670    632         4    --    28-26-6

WP -- Walsh. LP -- Jennings.

St. Anthony -- Koester, 7 singles, 2 RBI; Gardewine, 1 RBI; Walsh, 3 doubles, 10 RBI; Woltman, 3 singles, double, 4 RBI; Niebrugge, 2 singles, home run, 6 RBI; Richards, 3 singles, double, 2 RBI; K. Schuette, single, double, 1 RBI; M. Schuette, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Nuxoll, 4 singles, 3 RBI

Flora -- Allen, single; Carder, single, double; Jones, single, double, 2 home runs, 8 RBI; Ke. Jennings, 2 singles, double, home run, 5  RBI; Hout, 2 singles, home run, 2 RBI; Pearce, 3 singles, 2 doubles, 3 RBI; Krutsinger, single, double, 3 RBI; Warren, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Jennings, single; No. 7, 2 singles, 1 RBI

At Salem

Teutopolis claimed a 5-2 win over Salem. The Shoes struck early, scoring three in the first and two in the second.

Kadi Borries picked up the pitching win going four innings, allowing one hit, one walk and striking out seven.

Borries had a single and drove in a run while Julie Wente had a single and an RBI. T-town is now 4-0 on the season.

At Salem

Teutopolis          320    000    0    --    5-5-0

Salem                  002    000    0    --    2-3-6

WP -- K. Borires. LP -- M. Daniels.

Teutopolis -- K. Borries, single, 1 RBI; J. Wente, single, 1 RBI

Salem -- Sager, 2 singles, 2 RBI

At St. Elmo

St. Elmo/Brownstown defeated Dieterich 6-4. SEB held a 2-0 lead until the fifth when Dieterich tallied three runs in the top of the inning. SEB then came back to regain the lead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth then added on two more runs in the sixth.

St. Elmo/Brownstown had nine hits in the game led by Philpot with a single and a triple. Moss had two singles and an RBI while Brown had a triple and Austin three singles and three RBI.

Dieterich was led by Thoele with two singles and three RBI and Higgs with a triple.

At St. Elmo

Dieterich                                  000    030    1    --    4-8-2

St. Elmo/Brownstown           002    022    x    --   6-9-2

WP -- Scholes. LP -- Thoele.

Dieterich -- Thoele, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Vahling, single, 1 RBI; Higgs, triple; Brummer, 2 singles; Shoemaker, 2 singles

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Moss, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Brown, triple; Pruett, 1 RBI; Austin, 3 singles, 3 RBI; Scholes, single; Philpot, single, triple

At Mulberry Grove

Mublerry Grove ended the contest in the sixth via the 10-run rule over South Central, 13-3.

Both teams had seven hits in the contest. South Central was led by Campbell with a single, two doubles and an RBI. The Cougars drop to 0-1 on the season.

At Mulberry Grove

South Central              100    011    --      3-7-5

Mulberry Grove          520    402    --    13-7-1

LP -- King.

South Central -- Campbell, single, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Ritter, 1 RBI; Grzegorek, 1 RBI

Mulberry Grove -- no hits listed