South Central, T-town, BSE Nab Baseball Wins

KINMUNDY -- South Central High School edged Effingham St. Anthony 1-0 in baseball action Tuesday.

The Cougars tallied the lone run in the second inning. Peters picked up the pitching win on a three-hitter with eight strikeouts. Peters also aided his own cause with a home run. Ratermann had two singles for the Cougars who improve to 7-3.

St. Anthony was led by Jansen, Gibson and Levitt with a hit each.

At Kinmundy

St. Anthony              000    000    0    --    0-3-1

South Central          010    000    x    --    1-6-0

WP -- Peters. LP -- Gardewine.

St. Anthony -- Jansen, single; Gibson, single; Levitt, single

South Central -- Peters, home run; Ratermann, 2 singles; Smith, single; Powless, single; Wilkins, single

At Neoga

Teutopolis tallied two runs in the third and went on for an 8-0 win over Neoga.

The Wooden Shoes' M. Koester pitched a four-hitter with no walks and five strikeouts. It was long ball time once agian as the Shoes banged out three home runs. J. Roepke had a home run and two RBI while L. Niemerg had a home run and an RBI and A. Hartke a single, home run and four RBI. J. Bloemer added two singles and an RBI.

Neoga was led by Hoedebecke, Kingery, Moore and Walk with a single each.

At Neoga

Teutopolis          002    010    5    --    8-7-4

Neoga                 000    000    0    --    0-4-1

WP -- Koester. LP -- Kingery.

Teutopolis -- Roepke, home run, 2 RBI; Niemerg, home run, 1 RBI; Thoele, single; Hartke, single, home run, 4 RBI; Bloemer, 2 singles, 1 RBI

Neoga -- Hoedebecke, single; Kingery, single; Moore, single; Walk, single

At St. Elmo

Brownstown/St. Elmo and Mulberry Grove advanced to the championship game of the Egyptian-Illini Conference Tournament with wins Tuesday.

BSE edged Patoka 2-1 in the opener. Patoka took a 1-0 lead in the fourth before BSE came back with two runs in the fifth. Noah Flowers was the winning pitcher on a three-hitter with no walks and 13 strikeouts.

Malachi Maxey had a double and an RBI for the winners who improve to 6-6.

In the second contest, Mulberry Grove blanked Beecher City/Cowden-Herrick 10-0 in five innings. Childress picked up the pitching win.

The finals are scheduled for Thursday with BCCH taking on Patoka for third place at 4:15 p.m. and the championship scheduled for 7 p.m. against BSE and Mulberry Grove.

Egyptian Illini Conference Tournament

Game Two

Patoka                                       000    100    0    --    1-3-2

Brownstown/St. Elmo           000    020    x    --    2-4-0

WP -- Flowers. LP -- Sturgeon.

Patoka -- Herrin, single; Cain, double; Gramlick, single, 1 RBI

Brownstown/St. Elmo -- Maxey, double, 1 RBI; Hall, single, 1 RBI; Matthews, single; Horner, single