Shoes Suffer First Loss, Area Softball Roundup

TEUTOPOLIS -- Teutopolis High School ran into a tough Mount Zion squad and fell to the Braves 11-5 in softball competition Tuesday.

The Wooden Shoes stepped out to a 3-0 first inning lead then tacked on single runs in the second and third to lead 5-0. But Mount Zion started a comeback in the fourth with three runs then had a seven-run fifth inning.

The Braves had a total of 12 hits in the game led by Davis with a single, double and an RBI, Kennedy and Sarff with two singles and two RBI each.

T-town had nine hits led by Apke with two singles, Waldhoff with a triple and two RBI and Drees with a triple. The Shoes drop to 6-1 on the season and host Vandalia Thursday.

 At Teutopolis

Mount Zion           000    370    1    --    11-12-1

Teutopolis            311    000    0    --       5-  9-2

WP -- Morgan. LP -- A. Borries.

Mount Zion -- Davis, single; Watts, single; Morgan, single; Davis, single, double, 1 RBI; Kennedy, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Besser, single; Skundberg, single; Hockman, single, 1 RBI; Sarff, 2 singles, 2 RBI

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

At Altamont

Cumberland stepped out to a 2-0 first inning lead but Altamont fought back and tied the score in the third. The Pirates then moved ahead with a run in the fifth and led 5-4 in the sixth.

Altamont rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull out the 6-5 victory.

Biggs had two singles and an RBI while Mette added two singles and an RBI and Goeckner a single and double. The Indians improve to 2-5 on the season.

At Altamont

Cumberland           200    012    0    --    5-13-0

Altamont                002    002    2    --    6-10-2

WP -- Shyrock. LP -- Dunaway.

Cumberland -- Ja. McMechan, single, double; Je. McMechan, single; Thornton, single, 2 doubles, 3 RBI; Sowers, 2 singles; Poe, single, 1 RBI; Oakley, single, double, 1 RBI; Huddleston, single; Green, single

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

At Beecher City

Odin took the early lead and never looked back in a 15-0 win over Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick in five innings via the 10-run rule.

Odin had 12 hits in the contest led by Leek and Nalewajka with three singles each. Nalewajka had three RBI.

Dieterich was led by Timber Gates with two singles.

At Beecher City

Odin            373    11    --     15-12-0

BCCH           000    00    --       0-  4-7

Nalewojka, Spears (5) and Laffoon. Kirchhofer, Oldham (4) and Johnson, Doty

Odin -- Kelly, single; Leek, 3 singles; Spears, triple; Nalewajka, 3 singles, 3 RBI; Laffoon, 2 singles, 2  RBI; Bray, single; Day, single; Rachilk, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Gates, 2 singles; Doty, single; Johnson, single

At Strasburg

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg pounded Dieterich 12-1 in five innings Tuesday.

WSS took a 2-0 opening inning lead and had a six-run second. Newkirk pitched a one-hitter with seven walks and nine strikeouts.

M. Schlechte had three singles and an RBI while Roney had a single, two doubles and four RBI and Tabbert had a single, triple and an RBI.

At Strasburg

Dieterich           001    00    --      1-  1-2

WSS                  260    13    --    12-13-1

WP -- Newkirk. LP -- Ruholl.

Dieterich -- Klay, single, 1 RBI

Windsor/Stew-Stras -- M. Schlechte, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Roney, single, 2 doubles, 4 RBI; Rentfro, triple, 3 RBI; Tabbert, single, triple, 1 RBI; Newkirk, 2 singles

At St. Elmo

Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran came calling and claimed a 14-8 win over St. Elmo/Brownstown Tuesday.

CORL had an eight-run second and never looked back.

SEB outhit CORL 9-8 as Jenna Long had two singles and two RBI and Kyrstyn Fitch two singles and two RBI. SEB drops to 0-6.

At St. Elmo

CORL            084    011    0    --    14-8-0

SEB              004    100    3    --      8-9-3

WP -- none listed. LP -- none listed.

Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran -- none listed

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Philpot, single, 3 RBI; Long, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Fitch, 2 singles, 2 RBI

OTHER SCORES:

Marshall 5, Robinson 4

Charleston 16, Danville 0

Auburn 11, Pana 8

Olney 10, Fairfield 3

Clinton 10, Shelbyville 0

Flora 14, Vandalia 0