EHS Drops Loss to Sacred Heart Griffin; Area Roundup

SPRINGFIELD -- Effingham traveled to Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin and fell 3-1 in softball action Monday evening.

Sacred Heart edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead then added on with a run in the third. The Hearts pulled within 2-1 in the top of the sixth but Springfield tacked on a final run in the bottom of the inning.

The Hearts outhit the winners 6-4. Kelli Utz led the way with two singles. Shelby Nunamaker had a single and drove in the Hearts lone run. EHS drops to 3-3 on the season.

At Springfield

Effingham            000   001    0    --    1-6-1

Springfield           101    001    x    --    3-4-0

Kronewitter and Tonn; Dyche and Bremeiseu

Effingham -- Utz, 2 singles; Nunamaker, single, 1 RBI; Myers, single; Kronewitter, single; Osborn, single

Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin -- Derhke, 2 singles; Kuizin, double, 1 RBI; Dyche, double, 1 RBI

At Beecher City

Teutopolis bounced Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 14-0 in five innings via the 10-run rule.

The Wooden Shoes' Kaitlin Smith was the winning pitcher on a one-hitter with four walks and four strikeouts. Kara Swingler came on in relief in the fifth allowing no hits, no walks and striking out one.

T-town had 13 hits in the game led by Hardiek with three singles and three RBI. Kadi Borries had a home run and two RBI. Nine other players had one hit each.

BCCH's lone hit was a single by Kacie Hilt. The Eagles fall to 0-6.

At Beecher City

Teutopolis          132    62    --    14-13-0

BCCH                    000    00    --      0-  1-7

Smith, Swingler (5) and Borries, Ruholl; Herrmann, Wehrle (4) and Hilt, Riley

Teutopolis -- Borries, home run, 2 RBI; Hardiek, 3 singles, 3 RBI; Swingler, single; Repking, single, 1 RBI; Borries, single; Schumacher, single; Stephens, single, 1 RBI; Ruholl, single, 1 RBI; Wermert, single, 1 RBI; Campbell, single, 1 RBI; J. Wente, single, 1 RBI

Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick -- Hilt, single

At Dieterich

Windsor claimed a 7-1 victory over Dieterich. Lindsay Floyd was the winning pitcher while Heidi Thoele picked up the loss. Floyd pitched a six-hitter with one walk and 14 strikeouts.

Dieterich is now 2-3 on the season and is back in action Friday at South Central.

At Dieterich

Windsor           040    001    2    --    7-7-0

Dieterich          000    000    1    --    1-6-2

WP -- Floyd.

Windsor -- Floyd, double, 1 RBI; Kuhl, single, 1 RBI; Strowmatter, 2 singles; Austin, single; Bridges, 2 singles, 2 RBI

Dieterich -- no hits listed

At Greenup

Cumberland claimed an 11-1 Little Illini Conference victory over Flora.

Taylor Layton led the winners with two doubles and three RBI. Kaylee Carlin pitched a four-hitter as the Pirates improved to 4-0 in the conference, 6-2 overall.

At Greenup

Flora                        000    10    --      1-  4-1

Cumberland           430    31    --     11-14-1

WP -- Carlenb.

Cumberland -- Plummer, single; McMechan, single; Casey, single, double, 4 RBI; Poe, single, double; Carlen, single; Layton, single, 2 doubles, 3 RBI: Greger, single, double, 3 RBI; Seibert, single, 1 RBI; Flier, single

At Neoga

Stewardson-Strasburg captured a 6-4 National Trail Conference win over Neoga Monday.

Stew-Stras broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the third. Kendall Knop picked up the pitching won on a six-hitter with two walks and seven strikeouts. Linday Burton had two singles and an RBI.

Neoga was led by Allison Posten with two singles and two RBI. The Indians drop to 1-2 in the conference, 3-4 overall.

At Neoga

Stew-Stras          202    101    0    --    6-5-1

Neoga                  200    010    1    --    4-6-7

WP -- Knop. LP -- Posten.

Stew-Stras -- Schultz, double, 1 RBI; Burton, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Ferris, single, 1 RBI; Tabbert, triple

Neoga -- Jean, single; Albin, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Posten, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Neece, single

At St. Elmo

Altamont blanked St. Elmo/Brownstown 11-0 in five innings.

The Indians' Deidre Ledbetter pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts. Altamont had 11 hits in the contest.

St. Elmo/Brownstown dropped to 0-2 in the NTC, 1-7 overall.

At St. Elmo

Altamont                                133    40    --    11-11-0

St. Elmo/Brownstown          000    00     --      2- 0-6

WP -- Ledbetter. LP -- Austin.

Altamont -- no hits listed

St. Elmo/Brownstown -- Austin, double; Feezel, single

At Lawrenceville

Newton edged Lawrenceville 4-3 in Little Illini Conference action.

Karsyn McCoy picked up the pitching win allowing six hits, two walks and striking out five. McCoy also led the way offensively with a single double and an RBI. Swingler added two singles and two RBI.

Other Scores:

Casey-Westfield 2, Robinson 0

Olney 7, Edwards County (Albion) 3

Pana 9, Springfield Southeast 3