EHS Drops Twinbill to Mattoon, SEB Takes Second at Tourney

Effingham High School fell to Mattoon in an Apollo Conference softball doubleheader Saturday.

Mattoon won the opener 2-0, scoring single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. The Green Wave had six hits in the contest. Kaitlyn Bath had two doubles and Hannah Pruden a double for the winners. EHS was led by Morgan Wilson with a double.

In the second contest, Mattoon claimed a 9-4 victory behind 13 hits and three EHS errors. Kasey Considine had a single and double while Avery Jackson had three singles.

EHS was led by Wilson with two singles. The Hearts drop to 3-6 on the season.

At Effingham

Game One

Mattoon               000    001    1    --    2-6-0

Effingham           000    000    0    --    0-4-1

Dow and Bath; Collier and Tonn

Mattoon -- Jackson, single; Basham, single; Bath, 2 doubles; Pruden, double; Patterson, single

Effingham -- Weis, single; Tonn, single; Collier, single; Wilson, double

Game Two

Mattoon              026    010    0    --    9-13-1

Effingham           000   040    0    --    4-   7-3

Fisher and Bath; Collier, Tonn (3) and Wright

Mattoon -- Jackson, 3 singles; Nichols, single; Phipps, single; Bath, double; Considine, single, double; Fisher, 2 singles; Basham, single; Butler, 2 singles

Effingham -- Weis, single; Nunamaker, single; Collier, single; Wright, single; Wilson, 2 singles; Beals, single

At Noikomis

St. Elmo/Brownstown captured second place in the Nokomis Softball Tournament Saturday.

In the opener, SEB edged Vandalia 3-2. Scholes picked up the pitching win on a five-hitter. Fitch led the winners with two singles and an RBI.

That put SEB into the title contest against Pana. The Panthers captured a one-run victory in eight innings, 7-6.

SEB outhit Pana 11-6 but committed a whopping 10 errors. Brown had a single and double while Pruett had two singles and two RBI and Scholes two singles and an RBI.

SEB is now 9-8 on the season.

Nokomis Tournament

Vandalia          100    100    0    --    2-5-4

SEB                    010    001    1    --    3-3-0

WP -- Scholes. LP -- Godoyo

Vandalia -- no hits listed

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Fitch, 2 isngles, 1 RBI; Obelrink, single

Championship Game

Pana           030    003    01    --    7- 6- 3

SEB            231    000    00    --    6-11-10

WP -- Smart. LP -- Scholes.

Pana -- no hits listed

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

OTHER SCORES:

Casey-Westfield 3, Clinton 2

Casey-Westfield 11, Aurora Central Catholic 4

Tuscola 10, Oakwood 0

Tuscola 10, Palestine/Hutsonville 2

Casey-Westfield 7, Tuscola 6

Pana 3, Nokomis 0

Olney 11, North Knox, Ind. 2

Mount Zion 9, Paris 2

Mount Zion 61, Paris 4

Hillsboro 4, Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor 3

Stewardson-Strasburg-Windsor 13, Ramsey 1

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor 6, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 1

Flora 12, Marshall 11