Junior High Softball -- August 11

Effingham St. Anthony edged Charleston 10-9 in 10 innings of junior high school softball Friday.

Charleston held a 3-2 opening inning lead then pushed that to 4-2 in the second and 6-2 in the top of the third. The Bullpups came back with four runs to tie the score in the fourth and moved ahead with a run in the fourth. Charleston knotted the score at 7-7 in the sixth. That game went into extra innings and Charleston scored a run in the top of the eighth but so did St. Anthony.

Charleston led 9-8 in the 10th. St. Anthony's Grace Karolewicz had a walk-off single scoring both runs for the win in the bottom of the 10th. Karolewicz, had four singles and three RBI.

Rylee Rothrock had a three-run homer in the bottom of the third and also a single. She finished with five RBI. Lucy Fearday went the distance for the win. She had four strikeouts.

At St. Anthony

Charleston             312    001    010    1    --     9-12-4

St. Anthony            204    100    010    2    --    10-17-2

WP -- Fearday. LP -- Wilson.

Charleston -- Braden, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Davis, single, 1 RBI; Wilson, single, 1 RBI; Cox, single; Hampton, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Bryant, 1 RBI; Moore, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Goetten, single

St. Anthony -- Rios, single; Kabbes, 4 singles; Fearday, 2 singles; Karolewicz, 4 singles, 3 RBI; Rothrock, single, home run, 5 RBI; Guy, single; Faber, single; Hakman, 2 singles