St. A, Altamont, T-town, WSS Move Into Softball Title Games

The Bulldogs pounded Mulberry Grove 13-0 in five innings via the 10-run rule. Stacie Vonderheide went three innings allowing no runs on one hit, no walks while striking out three for the win on the mound. Addie Wernsing came on to finish out the final two innings, allowing no hits, no walks and striking out three.

The Bulldogs tallied five in the first and third innings around three in the second.

St. Anthony had nine hits led by Madeline Kibler with a home run and three RBI, Lucy Fearday with a double, triple and two RBI, Wernsing with two singles and a double and Sydney Kibler with two singles and two RBI. Grace Karolewicz drove in two runs and had a single while Alexis Stephens and Haley Niebrugge had an RBI each.

Altamont blanked Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 5-0. The Indians took a 2-0 first inning lead then had a one-run fifth and a two-run sixth.

Altamont had four hits led by McManaway with a single and double and O. Eckhardt with a single and two RBI. T. Mette had a single and an RBI and B. Teasley an RBI.

CHBC was led by Doty and Wojcik with a double each and Madison Cherry with three singles.

St. Anthony and Altamont meet today for the regional championship at 4:30 p.m. in a game that will be heard on KJ Country 102.3.

Class 1A Regonal C

Game Two

Mulberry Grove           000    00    --      0-1-6

St. Anthony                 535    0x    --    13-9-1

WP -- Vonderheide. LP -- Mezo.

Mulberry Grove -- Kruep, single

St. Anthony -- Wernsing, 2 singles, double; Niebrugge, 1 RBI; Fearday, double, triple, 2 RBI; M. Kibler, home run, 3 RBI; S. Kibler, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Karolewicz, single, 2 RBI; Stpehens, 1 RBI

Game Three

Altamont            200    012    0    --    5-4-1

CHBC                000    000    0    --    0-5-2

WP -- Teasley. LP -- Cherry.

Altamont -- Teasley, 1 RBI; Eckhardt, single, 2 RBI; Mette, single, 1 RBI; McManaway, single, double

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Doty, double; Cherry, 3 singles; Wojcik, double

Class 1A Regional D

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg advanced to the championship game of the Class 1A Regional D with a victory over Nokomis Thursday.

WSS stepped out to a 6-0 first inning lead and never looked back in a 19-4 win in four innings.

The Hatchets had 12 hits led by Ava Richards with two singles and three RBI, Ella Kinkelaar with a single, double and three RBI, Hannah Hayes with two singles and two RBI, Sam Porter with a double and two RBI, Makenna Tabor with a double, Gabby Vonderheide with two singles and an RBI and Karlie Bean with a single and two RBI.

Bean was the winning pitcher, going three innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out seven.

In game two, Odin Co-op handed South Central an 18-7 loss.

Odin held a 7-2 lead after two innings then tallied one in the fourth and ended the game with nine in the fifth. South Central scored five in the fifth.

Odin had 17 hits and the Cougars committed four errors.

South Central was led by Kayli Swift with a single, home run and two RBI, Brooklyn Garrett with a home run and two RBI, Jaylyn Michel with a triple and two RBI and Jordan Geiler with two singles.

South Central ends the season with a 22-5 record.

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg will play host to Odin Co--op at 2:30 p.m. today for the regional championship.

At Strasburg

Nokomis           000    4    --       4- 7-6

WSS                  676    0    --    19-12-2

WP -- Bean. P -- Jonas.

Niokomis -- Sneddon, single; Jaros, double, 2 RBI; Jones, 2 singles; Hill, single; Stauder, single; Engelman, single, 1 RBI

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg -- Kinkelaar, single, double, 3 RBI; H. Hayes, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Bean, single, 2 RBI; Richards, 2 doubles, 3 RBI; N. Hayes, 1 RBI; Vonderheide, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Porter, double, 2 RBI; Carey, single, 1 RBI; Tabor, double

Class 2A Regional A

Teutopolis moved into the championship game of this regional with an 8-4 win over Newton Thursday.

The Wooden Shoes held a 2-0 first inning lead and moved that to 5-0 in the second. Newton tallied two in the third and one in the fourth and fifth to pull within 5-4. But the Shoes put the contest away with a three-run sixth.

Tia Probst went the distance for the Shoes throwing a five-hitter with one walk and seven strikeouts.

T-town banged out 11 hits in the game. Lexie Niebrugge, Kaylee Niebrugge, Danielle Sarchet and Probst had two singles each. Both Niebrugges drove in a run. Daischa Piedra had a single and two RBI.

Newton was led by A. Russell with two singles and an RBI and L. Grove with two singles.

In the other regional contest, Marshall claimed a 6-1 victory over Lawrenceville.

T-town advances to the championship game scheduled for Saturday against either Marshall or Mount Carmel. Those two teams play today with Mount Carmel the top seed and Marshall, seeded ninth.

Class 2A Regional A

Newton                002    110    0    --    4-  5-5

Teutopolis           230    003    x    --    8-11-4

WP -- Probst. LP -- Kocher.

Newton -- Kinder, single, 1 RBI; Russell, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Kocher, 1 RBI; Grove, 2 singles

Teutopolis -- Althoff, single; Konkel, single; L. Niebrugge, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Piedra, single, 2 RBI; K. Niebrugge, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Probst, 2 singles; Sarchet, 2 singles

Class 1A Regional A

Neoga advanced but Dieterich fell in Regional A Thursday.

Neoga edged Oblong, 4-3.

Red Hill (Bridgeport) blanked Dieterich, 7-0. Red Hill led 1-0 after the first, 2-0 after the second, 6-0 after the fourth and tallied the final run in the sixth.

Red Hill had 12 hits while Dieterich had five.

Dieterich was led by Megan Bierman with three singles.

Class 1A Regional A

Dieterich           000    000    0    --    0- 5-3

Red Hill             110    401   x    --    7-12-0

WP -- Moore. LP -- Pruemer.

Dieterich -- Boerngen, single; Bierman, 3 singles; C. Brummer, single

Red Hill -- Harper, double, 1 RBI; Street, single; Griesemer, single; Strect, single; Fisher, double, 2 RBI; Griesemer, single, 2 doubles, 3 RBI; Schrerer, single; Price, 2 singles, double

At Kinmundy

Odin Co-op               350    19    --    18-17-0

South Central           020    05    --      7-  7-4

WP -- Wilderman. LP -- T. Webster.

Odin Co-op -- Robb, single, double; Gebke, single, 2 RBI; Moore, single, 2 doubles, 4 RBI; Lane, 2 singles, 2 home runs, 5 RBI; Spicer, single, double, 1 RBI; Wallace, double, 1 RBI; Rollinson, single, double, 2 RBI; Garrett, 2 singles, 1 RBI

South Central -- Swift, single, home run, 2 RBI; S. Garrett, single; Michel, triple, 2 RBI; B. Garrett, home run, 2 RBI; Geiler, 2 singles

Class 3A Regional A

Charleston claimed the championship of this regional with a victory over Mattoon.

The Trojans were 8-1 winners.