Junior High School Softball -- August 15
Published on August 17 2015 7:50 am
Last Updated on August 17 2015 7:51 am
Written by Millie Lange
BEECHER CITY -- Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg picked up the championship of the Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick Junior High School Softball Tournament Saturday.
W/SS took first followed by Mulberry Grove, St. Elmo/Brownstown and Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick.
In the opening contest, Mulberry Grove claimed a 5-3 victory over BCCH. The second game went to Windsor/Stew-Stras over St. Elmo/Brownstown 6-1. Mulberry Grove then bounced SEB 22-5. W/SS went 10-2 over BCCH.
In what would prove to be the championship game in the round robin tourney, W/SS edged Mulberry Grove 5-4. The final contest went to SEB over BCCH 6-1.
BCCH Tournament
Game One
BCCH 003 0 -- 3-2
Mulberry Grove 100 4 -- 5-1
WP -- Dothager. LP -- Cherry.
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Burks, single, 1 RBI; Cherry, single
Mulberry Grove -- Dothager, single
Game Four
BCCH 200 0 -- 2-0
Windsor/Stew-Stras 231 4 -- 10-6
WP -- none listed. LP -- Cherry.
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- no hits
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Hayes, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Vonderheide, single; Brown, 2 singles
Game Six
BCCH 000 1 -- 1-1
St. Elmo/Brownstown 110 4 -- 6-7
WP -- Oberlink. LP -- Cherry.
Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Burks, single
St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Moss, 2 singles, 2 doubles; Oberlink, single; Chandler, single; Smith, single
Central City Tournament
South Central competed in the Central City Tournament and claimed the championship by going 3-0.
In the opening contest, South Central defeated Summerville 6-2 behind seven hits. Laney Webster had a single, double and an RBI while Angelica Rivera had a single, double and two RBI. Harlee Brown had a double and drove in three runs.
In the second contest, South Central dominated in a 13-2 win over Rome. Webster had two singles and a double. Rivera added three singles and Kayli Swift had a double and three RBI.
In the championship game, South Central beat Centralia 7-4. Centralia held a 4-0 lead until the fifth when South Central knotted the score. The Falcons then tallied three runs in the sixth for the win.
Sydnee Garrett pitched a four-hitter with no walks and seven strikeouts. Webster had two singles and an RBI.
The Falcons are now 4-0 on the season.
Central City Tournament
Game One
Summerville 002 00 -- 2-4-0
South Central 213 0x -- 6-7-1
WP -- Garrett. LP -- none listed.
Summerville -- no hits listed.
South Central -- Webster, single, double, 1 RBI; Geiler, single; Rivera, single, double, 2 RBI; Brown, double, 3 RBI; Kramer, single
Game Two
South Central 462 1 -- 13-10-2
Rome 020 0 -- 2- 5-3
WP -- Webster. LP -- none listed.
South Central -- Weber, 2 singles, double; Geiler, single, 2 RBI; Garrett, double, 1 RBI; Rivera, 3 singles; Swift, double, 3 RBI; Brown, single, 1 RBI
Rome -- no hits listed
Game Three
South Central 000 043 -- 7-6-3
Centralia 220 000 -- 4-4-0
WP -- Garrett. LP -- none listed.
South Central -- Webster, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Shumate, single; Swift, single; Malone, single, 1 RBI; Smith, single, 1 RBI
Centralia -- no hits listed