T-town Downs Altamont, CHS Beats St. A, Area Softball Roundup

TEUTOPOLIS -- Teutopolis handed Altamont a 9-5 loss in softball competition Thursday evening.

The Wooden Shoes edged out to a 2-0 first inning lead. Altamont tied in the top of the second but T-town came right back in the bottom of the inning to push ahead 5-2. Both tallied single runs in the third. Altamont pulled within 6-5 in the fifth but T-town put the contest away with a three-run sixth.

Kadi Borries pitched an eight-hitter with one walk and five strikeouts for the win. Deidre Ledbetter suffered the loss, throwing a 14-hitter with one walk and seven strikeouts.

Anni Borries had three singles and an RBI while Allison Apke had three singles and two RBI.

Altamont was led by L. Ohnesorge with two singles, a double and an RBI.

The Shoes are now 9-0 on the season.

At Teutopolis

Altamont              021    020    0    --    5-  8-2

Teutopolis           231    003    x    --    9-14-3

WP -- K. Borries. LP -- Ledbetter.

Altamont -- M. Ohnesorge, 2 singles; L. Ohnesorge, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; White, single, 1 RBI; Tharp, 2 singles, 2 RBI

Teutopolis -- Cowman, 2 singles, 1 RBI; A. Borries, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Apke, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Wente, 2 singles; Wermert, single; Smith, single, 1 RBI; Repking, 2 singles; Drees, 1 RBI

At Charleston

Home runs were the deciding hits of the game as Charleston downed Effingham St. Anthony 12-8 in action Thursday evening.

The Trojans took a 5-2 lead after three innings. Charleston's Katherine Kenendy hit a two-run homer in the first inning. St. Anthony came back with a run in the fourth and two in the fifth to knot the score at 5-5. Charleston's Abby Youngblood hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth as the Trojans regained the lead 8-5.

The Bulldogs pulled within 8-7 in the top of the sixth but a grand slam by Amanda Fuller put the Trojans ahead for good.

St. Anthony had two home runs in the contest by Makayla Walsh and Hunter Niebrugge. Megan Nuxoll's fly ball in the top of the seventh with two on was pulled in at the warning track or there might have been another home run.

Walsh also had a double and finished with three RBI while Niebrugge added two doubles and had two RBI. Kate Richards had two singles and a double.

At Charleston

St. Anthony          020    122    1    --     8-12-7

Charleston            230    034    x    --    12- 9-2

WP -- Craft. LP -- K. Schuette.

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

Charleston -- Hill, single, 1 RBI; Kennedy, home run, 2 RBI; Craft, single; Youngblood, home run, 3 RBI; Fuller, home run, 4 RBI; O'Dell, 2 singles; Wilson, 2 singles

At St. Elmo

St. Elmo/Brownstown handed Neoga a 11-5 loss in action Thursday.

SEB took a 2-1 lead in the second but Neoga tied and pushed ahead 3-2 in the fourth. SEB then tallied five runs in the fifth and never looked back.

SEB banged out 11 hits in the contest led by T. Austin with a single, double and two RBI, D. Austin and Brown with a single and double each, and Scholes with two singles and two RBI. Oberlink had a single and drove in two runs.

Neoga was led by C Blazich with a single and double and Jean and Albin with two singles each.

SEB improves to 6-6 overall and 2-0 in the National Trail Conference.

At St. Elmo

Neoga                                       101    102    0    --      5-  8-3

St. Elmo/Brownstown          020    054    x    --    11-13-5

WP -- Scholes. LP -- Posten.

Neoga -- C. Blazich, single, double; Jean, 2 singles; Albin, 2 singles; Potter,r single; Neece, single

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- T. Austin, single, double, 2 RBI; D. Austin, single, double; Scholes, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Brown, single, double; Oberlink, single, 2 RBI; Fitch, single, 1 RBI; Moss, single; Pruett, single; Calhoun, double

At Beecher City

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick held an early lead but Okaw Valley came back to take an 8-2 victory Thursday.

Okaw Valley had 13 hits in the contest and was aided by five BCCH errors. BCCH finished with four hits led by Amanda Pierce with two singles.

BCCH drops to 0-4 on the season.

At Beecher City

Okaw Valley                                           204    100    1    --    8-13-2

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick          100    000    1    --    2-   4-5

WP -- Perrine. LP -- Herrmann.

Okaw Valley -- Wheeler, single; Orris, 3 singles, double, 1 RBI; Kesteson, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Sutton, 2 singles; Perrine, 2 singles; Dash, 1 RBI; C. Weybright, single, 2 RBI; A. Weybright, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Pierce, 2 singles; Kirchhofer, single; Herrmann, single

OTHER SCORES:

South Central 9, Cisne 7

Marshall 8, Newton 1

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor 14, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 3

Taylorville 15, Springfield 0

Edwards County (Albion) 13, Flora 9

Olney 10, Palesitne/Hutsonville 0

Shelbyville 18, Hillsboro 2

Greenville 9, Ramsey 7