Bulldogs Fall To Pirates, Area Softball Roundup

Effingham St. Anthony High School played host to Cumberland and fell to the Pirates 9-2 in girls softball action Monday.

The two teams were tied at 1-1 after two innings and 2-2 after three. Cumberland moved ahead with a run in the fifth and had a big six-run seventh inning.

K. Thornton led the Pirates with two singles, a home run and three RBI while J. McMechan added three singles and an RBI and M. Huddleston two singles and two RBI.

St. Anthony was led by Katie Kabbes with a double and Maddie Schuette with two singles and an RBI.

At St. Anthony

Cumberland            011    010    6    --    9-10-2

St. Anthony            011    000     0    --    2- 7-4

WP -- Dunaway. LP -- Woltman.

Cumberland -- Thornton, 2 singles, home run, 3 RBI; Sowers, single, 1 RBI Poe, 1 RBI; Dunaway, single; McMechan, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Huddleston, 2 singles, 2 RBI

St. Anthony -- Kabbes, double; Mills, single, 1 RBI; Woltman, single; Schuette, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Schmidt, single; L. Day, single

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis pushed its unbeaten mark to 6-0 on the season with a 5-2 win over Olney.

The Wooden Shoes tallied two runs in the second and single runs over the next three innings.

Kadi Borries picked up the pitching win, going all seven innings, allowing three hits, one walk and striking out eight. Borries also aided her cause offensively with a solo home run. Drees chipped in with a single, double and an RBI while Brumleve added two singles and an RBI.

The Shoes will play host to Mount Zion today. T-town's junior varsity team beat Olney 9-1.

At Teutopolis

Olney                    000    020    0    --    2- 3-2

Teutopolis            021    110    x    --    5-11-2

WP -- K. Borries. LP -- Michels.

Olney -- Dowty, double; Hill, double; Howard, double

Teutopolis -- A. Borries, single, 1 RBI; K. Borries, home run, 1 RBI; Apke, single; Repking, single; Waldhoff, single, 1 RBI; Brumleve, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Drees, single, double, 1 RBI; Hemmen, 2 singles

At Sullivan

Altamont broke loose with four run innings in the fourth and sixth to pull out a 9-5 win over Sullivan.

Sullivan held a 3-0 lead until the third when Altamont scored a single run. The Indians then pushed ahead and stayed ahead.

Both teams had 10 hits in the contest. Altamont was led by Duckwitz with a single, double and an RBI, Goeckner with two singles and Mette with two singles. The Indians are now 1-5 on the season.

At Sullivan

Altamont          001    404    0    --    9-10-4

Sullivan            120    000    2    --    5-10-3

WP -- Biggs. LP -- Wall.

Altamont -- Duckwitz, single, double, 1 RBI; Burns, single, 2 RBI; Biggs, single, 1 RBI; Goeckner, 2 singles; Shyrock, single; Stone, single; Mette, 2 singles; S. Phillips, 1 RBI

Sullivan -- Dulin, 2 singles; Tuttle, single, 1 RBI; Pratt, 2 singles; Rupert, single; Celements, single, home run, 2 RBI; Elzy, single; Green, single

At Beecher City

Shelbyville stepped out to a 2-0 first inning lead and never looked back in a 13-2 win over Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick.

The Rams had 13 hits in the contest. BCCH had five hits led by Timber Gates with two singles.

BCCH drops to 0-2 on the season.

At Beecher City

Shelbyville            212     014    3    --    13-13-2

BCCH                     002    000    0    --     2-   5-1

McCabe and Williams; Kirchhofer and Johnson.

Shelbyville -- Kemp, double; Williams, double; Langen, single, 1 RBI; Rodman, double; McCabe, single, 2  RBI; Marty, single, double, 3 RBI; Reed, 3 singles; Fox, 3 doubles, 2 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Gates, 2 singles; Doty, single, 1 RBI; Wojcik, single; Kirchhofer, single, 1 RBI

At St. Elmo

Okaw Valley blasted out 12 runs and downed St. Elmo/Brownstown 12-2 in five innings via the 10-run rule.

Okaw Valley stepped out to a 5-0 first inning lead then had a six-run third.

St. Elmo/Brownstown was led by Reynolds with two singles.

At St. Elmo

Okaw Valley                             506    01    --    12-8-1

St. Elmo/Brownstown            002    00    --       2-6-2

WP -- Perrine. LP -- Philpot.

Okaw Valley -- Harlin, single, double, 3 RBI; P. Robinson, single, 2 doubles, 4 RBI; J. Robinson, single, 2 RBI; Wheeler, 2 singles, 1 RBI

St. Elmo -- Reynolds, 2 singles.

At Neoga

Paris came calling and blanked Neoga 15-0 in five innings.

Paris banged out 11 hits in the contest while Neoga had one hit. Cheyenne Vondrak had a single.

At Neoga

Paris           701    25    --    15-11-1

Neoga         000    00    --     0-  1-1

WP -- Bouslog. LP -- Atwell.

Paris -- Roberts, single, triple; Worrell, single, 1 RBI; Woods, 2 singles; Sanders, double, 2 RBI; Fancher, single, 1 RBI; Bousing, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Lawson, double, 2 RBI

Neoga -- Vondrak, single

At Newton

Newton fell to Oblong 6-1. The Eagles lone run came in the bottom of the seventh.

Richards had two singles for Newton while Cohorst added a single and an RBI.

At Newton

Oblong            100    311    0     --    6-10-0

Newton            000    000    1    --    1-  5-2

WP -- Sparks. LP -- Shipman.

Oblong -- Allen, double, 1 RBI; Wells, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Su. Johnson, single, double; Sparks, single, 1 RBI; Sa. Johnson, single, double; Smith, single, 2 RBI

Newton -- Richards, 2 singles; Cohorst, single, 1 RBI