Junior High Softball Roundup -- Aug. 21

CENTRALIA -- Effingham Junior High School edged Centralia 12-11 in girls softball action Thursday evening.

Effingham broke a 3-3 tie with a four-run second then had to hold off a final inning challenge to pull out the victory. Miranda Fox had a single, triple and drove in three runs for the Mustangs. Lauren Douthit had two singles, a double and two RBI. Kiyah Kuhlman had two singles, a triple and an RBI. Emma Huss had a single, double and an RBI.

"Earlier this week I said it was hard to win a game with 15 walks, well somehow we did just that last night," said Effingham Coach Megan Whitacre. "We faced a very good pitcher from Centralia and we were able to generate a lot of hits and RBI. When Centralia did hit, our defense was solid. Our pitchers need to continue to work hard and good things will come."

At Centralia

Effingham          341    200    2    --    12-14-2

Centralia            331     000    4    --    11- 5-5

WP -- Douthit. LP -- none listed

Effingham -- Fox, single, triple, home run, 3 RBI; Fearday, single, 1 RBI; Schafer, double, 1 RBI; Douthit, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Kuhlman, 2 singles, triple, 1 RBI; Krouse, single, 1 RBI; Huss, single, double, 1 RBI

Centralia -- no hits listed

At Shelbyville

Teutopolis Junior High School outlasted Shelbyville Moulton in a three-hour softball contest Thursday evening, 19-13.

Moulton took a 5-1 first inning lead. T-town tallied two in the second and pushed ahead 6-5 in the top of the third. Moulton came back with a seven-run bottom of the inning and tallied one in the fourth for a 13-6 lead.

But T-town managed four runs in the fifth, then scored six more in the third to go ahead 16-13 and finished out with three in the seventh.

T-town had 17 hits in the game while Moulton committed eight errors. Deters had four singles, a double and drove in eight runs. Lustig had four singles and two RBI while Niebrugge, Will and Bushur had two singles each. Niebrugge drove in two runs and Will had one RBI.

T-town also won the B contest by a 13-0 count. Abby Bloemer was the winning pitcher.

T-town is now 5-3-1 on the season.

At Shelbyville

Teutopolis                          123    046    3    --    19-17-4

Shelbyville Moulton          507    100    0    --    13- 6-8

WP -- Brumleve. LP -- Lewis.

Teutopolis -- Niebrugge, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Deters, 4 singles, double, 8 RBI; Lustig, 4 singles, 2 RBI; Gebben, single, 1 RBI; Will, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bushur, 2 singles; Brumleve, single

Shelbyville Moulton -- Reed, 1 RBI; Beyers, single, 1 RBI; Logue, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Metzger, 1 RBI; Durbin, single; Perry, 2 singles

At Altamont

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick bounced Altamont Lutheran 25-12. BCCH had a 13-run second inning and an 11-run third inning.

Carsen Burks had two singles to lead the winners. Sydney Lorton had four RBI.

At Altamont

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick          1(13)(11)    --    25-5

Altamont Lutheran                             5     6      0    --    12-2

(Altamont Lutheran linescore adds up to 11 while 12 listed as final)

Cherry, Burks, Lorton and Lorton, Cherry

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Burks, 2 singles; Cyr, 1 RBI; Dunaway, single; Evans, 1 RBI; Lorton, 4 RBI; Bertin, single, 1 RBI; Dye, single, 1 RBI

Altamont Lutheran -- first names only listed

At Altamont

Altamont edged Sullivan 6-4. Sullivan held a 1-0 lead until the third when Altamont scored four runs and never looked back.

Katie Grimsley hit a home run and had two RBI for the winners. Jade Shryock had a single and triple while Mackenzie Brewer had two singles and two RBI. Shryock picked up the pitching win on a five-hitter with five strikeouts.

At Altamont

Sullivan            010    102    --    4-5-1

Altamont          004    02x    --    6-6-6

WP -- Shryock. LP -- Elzy.

Sullivan -- Tuttle, 2 singles; Dulin, single; Britton, single, 1 RBI; Orris, single; Ruppert, 1 RBI

Altamont -- Grimsley, home run, 2 RBI; Shryock, single, triple; Mette, single, 1 RBI; Brewer, 2 singles, 2 RBI