Junior High Softball Results -- August 25

SHELBYVILLE -- Effingham Junior High School took a 5-0 first inning lead, had a six-run fourth and went on to beat Shelbyville 12-2 in six innings of softball competition Tuesday.

The Mustangs banged out 14 hits in the contest led by Jaelyn Boone with a single, two doubles and two RBI, Taylor Armstrong with a single, triple and two RBI, Morgan Krouse with three singles and an RBI, Makayla Allie with two singles and two RBI and Emma Huss with a triple and an RBI.

Jaidi Davis pitched 1.33 innings of no-hit ball with four walks and two strikeouts. McKenzie Wittenberg pitched 3.67 innings, allowing one hit, two runs, three walks and striking out four.

At Shelbyville

Effingham              501    600    --    12-14

Shelbyville            000    11x    --       2-  1

WP -- Davis. LP -- Lewis.

Effingham -- Wittenberg, single; Krouse, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Allie, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Boone, single, 2 doubles, 2 RBI: Armstrong, single, triple, 2 RBI; Huss, triple, 1 RBI; Martin, single, 2 RBI; Davis, single

Shelbyville -- Lewis, single

At St. Elmo

Altamont improved its record to 2-0 in the National Trail Conference, 5-10 overall with an 11-5 win over St. Elmo/Brownstown Tuesday.

Altamont had a big defensive play in the contest. Second baseman Taylor Mette caught a line drive up the middle, stepped on second and threw to Kylee Schultz at first to complete a triple play.

Altamont had six hits by six different players.

At St. Elmo

Altamont 11, St. Elmo/Brownstown 5

Altamont -- Mette, 1 RBI; Barns, 1 hit; Guse, 1 hit, 1 RBI; Pemberton, 1 hit; Runge, 1 hit; Jackman, 1 hit, 1 RBI; Schultz, 1 hit, 1 RBI

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Fedrigon, 1 hit; Maxey, 2 hits; Oberlink, 2 hits; Gathe, 1 RBI; Schutlz, 1 hit, 1 RBI; Chandler, 1 RBI; Smith, 2 RBI

At Newton

The Teutopolis eighth-grade softball team fell to Newton 1-0.

"The game was a tough match," said T-town Coach Brittany Meyer. "The game was scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when Newton was able to get its lead runner on and bunt her over to put a girl in scoring position.  In the bottom of the sixth, there were no outs and runners on second and third.

"All Brumleve, our pitcher, had a great day and was tough all day.  With two runners in scoring position, Alli then struck Newton's three hitter out on a huge pitch.  Next play, the four hitter comes to the plate and there are still two runners in scoring position, Alli throws an outstanding rise ball, which causes a ground ball back her. The runner at third goes home and Karsyn Mette blocks the plate, and the runner is out at the plate.  With two outs there are still two runners on. The next batter, Allison Harris, hits a hard ground ball through the right side for the only run of the game.

"Both pitchers were extremely tough. Ali only allowed four hits on the day and pitched an outstanding game.  Newton has been undefeated until a loss to Charleston 8-3 on Monday night, and our game could have gone either way at any time. We had only five hits at the cutting, with Claire Bushur going 2-for-3.  Olivia Niemerg, went 1-for-2 with a lead off walk in the top of the seventh to get us a runner to score.  Karen Mette followed with a strike out, but Olivia Niemerg was able to steal second in order to get in scoring position.  Emma Ruholl put down an outstanding bunt to move Olivia to third.  Ciera Roepke was up to bat in the top of the seventh with two outs and what an at bat.

"Ciera fought off 15 pitches.  She fought and was fouling off anything she could.  She worked herself into a full count and kept swinging, although ending in a swinging strikeout that she fouled into the catcher's glove.  Tough loss for the day but excellent performance from both teams."

At Beecher City

Mulberry Grove came calling and handed Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick a 14-2 loss in six innings Tuesday.

Mulberry Grove led 3-2 until the fifth then tallied three runs and finished the game with eight in the sixth.

BCCH had three hits in the game, singles by Kylee Wheeler, Alexis Vaughn and Madison Cherry.

At Beecher City

Mulberry Grove           210    038    --    14-10

BCCH                              100    100    --       2-  3

WP -- Dothager. LP -- Cherry.

Mulberry Grove -- Bone, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Koertege, single, 2 doubles, 3 RBI; Dotahger, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Coleman, triple, 3 RBI; Barenfanger, single; Thomas, single, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Wheeler, single; Vaughn, single; Cherry, single

At St. Peter

South Central trounced Raccoon 21-0 in three innings Tuesday. Laney Webster threw a no-hitter with no walks . She only faced nine batters and struck out eight. The only out of the contest Webster did not get was a fly ball to the centerfielder who made a running catch.

South Central had 16 hits and drew 11 walks. Webster had four singles and two RBI, Katie Shumate three singles and four RBI, Sydnee Garrett two singles and two RBI and Kaylie Swift two singles.

South Central is now 7-0 on the season.

At St. Peter

Raccoon                           0      00    --      0-   0-3

South Central           (11)(10)x    --    21-16-0

WP -- Webster. LP -- none listed.

Raccoon -- no hits

South Central -- Webster, 4 singles, 2 RBI; Geiler, single, 1 RBI; Garrett, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Riveria, single; Shumate, 3 singles, 4 RBI; Swift, 2 singles; Brown, single; Kramer, single; Smith, single