EHS Drops Doubleheader, SS/W Beats St. A, Area Roundup

Effingham Higih School hosted Mount Zion in Apollo Conference softball competition and the Braves headed home with a doubleheader sweep Thursday.

In the opener, the Braves blanked the Hearts 8-0 behind a 14-hit attack. Mount Zion stepped out to a 5-0 first inning lead and never looked back. Morgan Mansur pitched the six-hit victory allowing only one walk while striking out 11.

Mansur also had two singles and a double for the winners while Fallon Conner had two singles, Karra Elwick two singles and a double and Jade Frey three singles.

EHS was led by Brittany Beals with two singles and Jenna Wright with a single and double.

The Braves then took the second contest 11-1 behind 11 hits and six EHS errors. Alli Davis had two singles, a double and an RBI while Elwcik had a single, triple and three RBI. Conner was the winning pitcher on a two-hitter with four walks and a strikeout.

EHS had only two hits, singles by Madison Weis and Kaylee Tonn.

At Effingham

Game One

Mount Zion          521    000    0    --    8-14-1

Effingham            000    000    0    --    0-  6-6

Mansur and Gowin; Collier and Tonn

Mount Zion -- Sarff, double; Davis, single; Mansur, 2 singles, double; Conner, 2 singles; Elwick, 2 singles, double; Wikerson, single; Frey, 3 singles

Effingham -- Weis, single; Beals, 2 singles; Collier, single; Wright, single, double

Game Two

Mount Zion          004    61    --    11-11-0

Effingham           100    00     --      1-   2-6

Conner and Gowin; Tonn and Wright

Mount Zion -- Sarff, single; Davis, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Mansur, single, 1 RBI; Conner, 2 singles, 1 RBI: Elwick, single, triple, 3 RBI; Wilkerson, single; Gowin, single, 1 RBI

Effingham -- Weis, single; Tonn, single, 1 RBI

At Effingham

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor had an eight-run fifth and went on to down Effingham St. Anthony 13-11.

The Bulldogs held a 6-2 lead after three innings and led 8-4 after four. St. Anthony came back within 12-11 in the sixth but fell short.

Stew-Stras/Windsor was led by B. Schlechte with two singles and a double, M. Austin with two singles and three RBI, L. Burton with two singles and an RBI and K. Knop with two singles.

St. Anthony was led by J. Woltman with two singles, a double and four RBI, M. Walsh with a home run and two RBI, H. Niebrugge with a double, K. Schuette with a double and an RBI, M. Schuette with two singles and M. Nuxoll with a double.

At St. Anthony

Stew-Stras/Windsor          200    280    1    --    13-12-4

St. Anthony                           006    203    0    --    11-13-6

WP -- Knop. LP -- Woltman.

Stewardson-Strasburg/Windsor -- Knop, 2 singles; Schlechte, 2 singles, double; Burton, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Schultz, single; Tabor, single; Greuel, single, 2 RBI; Ausitn, 2 singles, 3 RBI

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

At St. Peter

Altamont blanked South Central 11-0 in six innings Thursday evening.

Diebre Ledbetter pitched a one-hitter with no walks and 14 strikeouts. Ledbetter had a single, triple and three RBI. Josie Phillips had two singles, a double and an RBI while Lauren Ohnesorge and Lauren White had a double and an RBI each.

South Central was led by Sigrist with a double.

At St. Peter

Altamont                   250    310    --    11-13

South  Central          000    00x    --      0-   1

WP -- Ledbetter. LP -- King.

Altamont -- M. Ohnesorge, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Burns, single, 1 RBI; Philips, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Ledbetter, single, triple, 3 RBI; L. Ohnesorge, double, 1 RBI; White, double, 1 RBI; Teasley, 2 singles; Smith, single

South Central --  Sigrist, double

At Neoga

Teutopolis bounced Neoga to the tune of 17-3 in six innings behind 20 hits Thursday.

T-town took a 4-2 first ining lead then scored in every inning but the third. Allison Apke hit two doubles, a triple and three RBI while Julie Wente had a single, home run and two RBI. MacKenzie Wermert had a single, double and an RBI and Madison Cowman two doubles. Anni Borries hit two home runs and drove in two runs while Charlotte Wente had a single, two doubles and three RBI. Kadi Borries finished with three singles and two RBI.

Neoga was led by Blazich with a home run and Potter with a single, double and an RBI.

At Neoga

Teutopolis          420    236    --    17-20-2

Neoga                 200    100    --      3-   6-1

WP -- A. Borries. LP -- Neece.

Teutopolis -- Gebben, double, 1 RBI; K. Borries, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Apke, 2 doubles, triple, 3 RBI; Wente, single, home run, 2 RBI; Wermert, single, double, 1 RBI; Schumacher, single, 1 RBI; Cowman, 2 doubles; A. Borries, 2 home runs, two RBI; Smith, single, 1 RBI; Wente, single, 2 doubles, 3 RBI

Neoga -- Blazich, home run, 1 RBi; Potter, single, double, 1 RBI; Neece, 2 singles; Blazich, single, 1  RBI

At Beecher City

St. Elmo/Brownstown edged Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 12-11. Both teams had 14 hits in the contest but BCCH tallied 10 errors.

BCCH took a 6-1 first inning lead before SEB came back with five runs to tie in the second and four to take the lead in the third. SEB held an 11-10 lead in the fifth and pushed that to 12-10 in the sixth. BCCH came back with a run in the bottom of the seventh only to fall short.

SEB was led by Oberlink with four singles and two RBI, Fitch a single, a double, and four RBI, Moss with two singles, Brown with two singles and an RBI, T. Austin with a single and double and Scholes with a double and an RBI.

SEB is now 4-0 in the National Trail Conference, 3-0 in the Egyptian-Illini Conference and 10-9 overall.

BCCH was led by Felicia Johnson with a single, double and four RBI, Billie Kolman with two singles, a double and an RBI and Bella Doty and Sarah Kirchhofer with two singles and an RBI.

At Beecher City

SEB             154    011    0    --    12-14-  3

BCCH          600    130    1    --    11-14-10

Scholes and Pruett; Herrmann and Hilt

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Oberlink, 4 singles, 2 RBI; Fitch, single, double, 4 RBI; Moss, 2 singles; Brown, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Pruett, single, 1 RBI; T. Austin, single, double;  Scholes, double, 1 RBI; Phillips, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Gates, single, 1 RBI; Doty, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Kirchhofer, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Johnson, single, double, 4 RBI; Kollman, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Herrmann, single; Hilt, double, 1 RBI; Reed, single, double

OTHER SCORES:

Mattoon 1, Champaign Centennial 0

Casey-Westfield 7, Red Hill (Bridgeport) 0

Olney 14, Robinson 3

Flora 10, Lawrenceville 5

Tuscola 9, Paris 0