Cumberland Claims Softball Win, Area Roundup

ARCOLA -- Cumberland High School's Madison Hendrix guided the Pirates to a 12-1 win over Arcola in softball action Wednesday.

Hendrix banged out two singles, a home run and garnered three RBI. She also picked up the pitching win on a three-hitter with eight strikeouts.

Jazzmine Oakley also had a big day at the plate with a single, double, triple and two RBI. Micaela Bradley added a double, triple and an RBI.

The Pirates improve to 3-4.

At Arcola

Cumberland             311    052    --   12-12-0

Arcola                       100    000    --     1- 4-4

WP -- Hendrix. P -- Shafer.

Cumberland -- S. Oakley, 2 singles, 1 RBI; J. Oakley, single, double, triple, 2 RBI; Green, 1 RBI; Dunaway, single, 1 RBI; Hendrix, 2 singles, home run, 3 RBI; Guyon, single, 1 RBI; Williams, 1 RBI; Bradley, double, triple, 1 RBI

Arcola -- F. Spelman, single; T. Spelman, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Shafer, single

At Shelbyville

Neoga held a 3-0 lead over Shelbyville but the Rams came back with two in the fourth and scored the tying and winning runs in the sixth for a 4-3 victory.

Shelbyville outhit Neoga 9-7 and commited two errors to one for the Indians.

Neoga was led by Elizabeth Titus with a double and an RBI and Jessica Atwell with a single and double.

Neoga drops to 3-3 on the season.

At Shelbyville

Neoga                   003    000    0    --    3-7-1

Shelbyville           000    202    x    --    4-9-2

WP -- Lewis. LP -- Titus.

Neoga -- Titus, double, 1 RBI; Atwell, single, double, 1 RBI; Partlow, single, 1 RBI; Lee, single; Gentry, single; Estay, single

Shelbyville -- Marty, 2 singles; Koontz, triple; Holland, 2 singles; Lewis, single, home run, 2 RBI; Rodman, single, 1 RBI; Kemp, single

At Windsor

Meridian came calling and edged out to a 2-0 first inning lead then tacked on a run in the second. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg came back with a run in the bottom of the third and four in the fifth to lead 5-3.

Meridian scored two in the top of the sixth to tie the score at 5-5. But the Hatchets scored in the bottom of the sixth for a 6-5 lead. Meridian then rallied once again with two runs in the top of the seventh and pulled out a 7-6 victory.

Meridian had 13 hits in the contest and was aided by six WSS errors.

The Hatchets had 12 hits led by Carson Cole with two singles, a home run and two RBI.

At Windsor

Meridian                              210    002    2    --    7-13-2

Windsor/Stew-Stras           001    041    0    --    6-12-6

WP -- Casey. LP -- Roney.

Meridian -- Casey, 3 singles; Aukamp, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Stockton, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Jackson, 2 singles

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Cole, 2 singles, home run, 2 RBI; Tabbert, 2 singles; Roney, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Everett, double

OTHER SCORES:

Flora 1, Edwards County (Albion) 0

Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 15, Georgetown Ridge Farm 2

Monticello 10, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 0

Rantoul 9, Charleston 8