Junior High Softball Regionals -- Sept. 10

Effingham Junior High School edged Shelbyville 1-0 in the opening game of the Class 2A Effingham Softball Regional Thursday.

The Mustangs, seeded fourth, scored the lone run of the contest in the first inning. Olivia Martin had a triple and Makayla Allie a double for the winners. Jaelyn Boone picked up the pitching win, going all seven innings, allowing four hits, three walks and striking out two.

Effingham now advances to face top-seeded Mount Zion Saturday at 10 a.m.

Teutopolis easily claimed the second contest by trouncing Sullivan 15-0 in three innings. T-town took a 3-0 first inning lead, tacked on five in the second and ended the game with a seven-run third.

T-town had 12 hits while Sullivan was held to two. T-town, seeded third, will now face second-seeded Mattoon at noon Saturday.

Class 2A Effingham Regional

Game One

Shelbyville            000    000    0    --    0-4

Effingham             100    000     x    --    1-4

WP -- Boone. LP -- Lewis.

Shelbyville -- Lewis, double; McCarter, single; McConnell, single; Frederick, triple

Effingham -- Wittenberg, single; Davis, single; Allie, double; Martin, triple

Class 2A Paris Crestwood Regional

Effingham St. Anthony, seeded fourth, saw its season come to an end with a 5-2 loss to fifth-seeded Oblong.

In the other contest, third-seeded Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg edged sixth-seeded Martinsville 7-6.

Oblong advances to face top-seeded Paris Crestwood at 10 a.m. Saturday while Windsor/Stew-Stras will face Findlay Okaw Valley, seeded second, at 11:30 a.m.

Class 1A Altamont Regional

St. Elmo/Brownstown advanced from first round play. SEB defeated Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 17-2.

In the other contest, no score was reported on the Nokomis vs. Ramsey game.

St. Elmo/Brownstown advances to a meeting against second-seeded Altamont at 11 a.m. Saturday. In the opening game, top seeded Mulberry Grove will face either Nokomis or Ramsey at 9 a.m.

Class 2A Jasper County Regional

Jasper County, Cumberland and Paris Mayo advanced from opening round play Thursday.

Jasper County defeated Lawrenceville Parkview 11-1 while Paris Mayo blanked Red Hill (Bridgeport) 6-0. Jasper County will take on Paris Mayo at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Cumberland downed Casey-Westfield 8-0 and will now face Charleston at noon Saturday.

At St. Peter

South Central brought home 17 runs in downing Iuka 17-1.  South Central took an 11-0 first inning lead and never looked back, ending the game in the fourth.

Laney Webster had three singles and two RBI for the winners while Sydnee Garrett had a triple, an inside-the-park home run and four RBI, Angelica Rivera two singles and two RBI, Katie Shumate two singles, a double and two RBI and Kayli Swift a double and an RBI.

South Central is now 10-1 on the season.

At St. Peter

Iuka                                     000    1    --      1-  4-2

South Central             (11)06    x    --    17-14-2

WP -- Webster. LP -- none listed.

Iuka -- no hits listed

South Central -- Webserter, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Geiler, single, 2 RBI; Garrett, triple, home run, 4  RBI; Rivera, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Shumate, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Swift, double, 1 RBI; Brown, single; Smith, single, 1 RBI