Junior High Softball Regionals -- September 6

CASEY -- Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School pounded Oblong in opening round play of the Class 1A Casey-Westfield Softball Regional Wednesday.

The Bullpups held a 3-1 first inning lead then broke loose with 11 runs in the second and went on for a 16-1 victory.

Guy had a big night with a triple, two home runs and five RBI. Karolewicz had a single, double and an RBI and Fearday two singles and an RBI.

Fearday threw a one-hitter with one walk and eight strikeouts.

In the second contest, Teutopolis blanked Clay City 12-0.

The opening game went to Cumberland over Martinsville 7-1.

St. Anthony and Teutopolis will now square off at 11:45 a.m. Saturday for the right to advance to the championship game Monday. Cumberland will meet top-seeded Casey-Westfield at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Class 1A Casey-Westfield Regional

Oblong                     1    00    0    --      1-1-5

St. Anthony             3(11)0    2    --    16-8-0

WP -- Fearday. LP -- Bailey.

Oblong -- McIntosh, single, 1 RBI

St. Anthony -- Rios, single, 1 RBI; Guy, triple, 2 home runs, 5 RBI; Fearday, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Karolewicz, single, double, 1 RBI; Faber, 1 RBI

Class 1A Altamont Regional

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City edged Ramsey 8-7 to advance in the Class 1A Altamont Regional Wednesday.

CHBC led 6-3 after four innings. In the fifth, Ramsey tallied two runs to pull within 6-5. CHBC scored one in the sixth to lead 7-5. Ramsey then tied the score in the bottom of the seventh, sending the game into the eighth. CHBC then scored for the win.

Hallye Morrison had a single and double for the winners while Gracie Heckert had a triple and Kylie Doty two singles.

In the second game, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg stepped out to an 11-0 first inning lead and never looked back for an 18-4 victory in three innings over Altamont.

WSS had eight hits led by Hayes with a single and home run, Bean with a double and triple and Kinkelaar with a double.

Altamont had six hits, all singles by six different players. Altamont ends the season at 0-17.

The final game went to Red Hill (Bridgeport) over Vandalia 9-1.

Saturday's games feature South Central against CHBC at 9 a.m. followed by Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg against Findlay Okaw Valley at 11.

Class 1A Altamont Regional

Game One

CHBC                321    001    01    --    8-7-3

Ramsey             030    020    20    --    7-6-8

WP -- Duckwitz. LP -- Peterson.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Doty, 2 singles; Stefanski, 1 RBI; Morrison, 1 RBI; M. Wojcik, 1 RBI; Heckert, triple; Sandiford, single; Alling, single, 1 RBI; Morrison, single, double

Ramsey -- Wright, single, 1 RBI; Waggoner, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Thull, single, 3 RBI; Otto, single, 2 RBI; Eller, double

Class 1A Altamont Regional

Altamont                                    201    --      3-6-3

Windsor/Stew-Stras             (11)52    --    18-8-0

WP -- Vonderheide. LP -- Denton.

Altamont -- Becker, single; Tedrick, single; Williams, single; Hassebrock, single; White, single; Fulk, single

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Hayes, single, home run; Kinkelaar, double; Bean, double, triple; Wernsing, single; Vonderheide, single; Porter, single

Class 2A Jasper County Regional

Jasper County hosted a regional and unfortunately for the homestanders, they went down to defeat at the hands of Paris Mayo 11-9.

In the second contest, Charleston blanked Lawrenceville Parkview, 15-0. Red Hill (Bridgeport) finished out with a 9-1 victory over Vandalia.

In Saturday play, Effingham will meet Paris Mayo at noon followed by Charleston against Red Hill at 1:30.