St. A Softball Wins Thriller; T-town Upset; EHS Victorious

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Published on May 20 2016 8:26 am
Last Updated on May 20 2016 8:31 am
Written by Dustin White

Clutch hitting from Hunter Niebrugge and Katie Kabbes was the difference for the St. Anthony High School softball team Thursday; the Bulldogs will play for the championship of their own Class 1A softball regional after a 4-3 semifinal victory over Altamont in nine innings.

Altamont led twice Thursday, jumping ahead 2-0 in the top of the first inning and breaking a 2-2 tie with a tally in the fifth. St. Anthony was down to its final strike in the bottom of the seventh when Niebrugge saved the day with a game-tying solo home run, and Kabbes came through with a bases-loaded single in the ninth to walk the Bulldogs off.

Jenna Woltman was the winning pitcher for St. Anthony, going the distance. All three runs she allowed were unearned; she walked just three and struck out eight.

Altamont's spring ends with an 11-19 mark, while the Bulldogs improve to 18-15 and will face Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg in Saturday's 11 a.m. title game. The Hatchets, with whom St. Anthony split two games earlier this season, whipped St. Elmo/Brownstown in five innings Wednesday afternoon to advance.

CLASS 1A ST. ANTHONY REGIONAL
Semifinal

Altamont 200 010 000 - 3 7 0
St. Anthony 000 200 101 - 4 6 2
WP - Woltman. LP - Winters.
Altamont - Burns, single; Winters, single, RBI; Biggs, RBI; Mette, 2 singles, RBI; Stone, 2 singles; McHugh, double
St. Anthony -Woltman, RBI; Kabbes, single, RBI; Niebrugge, home run, RBI; Schuette, double; A. Day, single; L. Day, RBI; Schmidt, single; Gibson, single

 

 

Flora scored three times in the top of the seventh and shocked Teutopolis, beating the Lady Shoes 3-1 in the championship of the Class 2A Flora Regional.

T-town, looking for its fifth straight regional title, broke a scoreless tie with its lone run in the bottom of the fourth on an Allison Apke RBI single. Kadi Borries surrendered just one hit through six innings, but the Wolves loaded the bases with one out in the seventh. Two batters later, Flora had plated three and was three outs away from the Shelbyville Sectional.

Borries struck out 11 and didn't walk a batter in her seven innings on the mound, but T-town's season still comes to an end with a 29-5 mark.

CLASS 2A FLORA REGIONAL
Championship

Flora 000 000 3 - 3 4 1
Teutopolis 000 100 0 - 1 6 2
WP - Cammon. LP - K. Borries.
Flora - Freeman, single; Jennings, single; Wilson, single, 2 RBI; Cartright, single, RBI
Teutopolis - A. Borries, 2 singles; K. Borries, single; Apke, single, RBI; J. Drees, single; Brumleve, single

 

 

Hope Collier's RBI single in the first inning stood up for Effingham High School, which downed visiting Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin 1-0.

Aly Armstrong, who also had a base hit in the contest, was solid on the mound; she struck out eight in a complete game three-hitter, walking nary a batter. EHS (22-6) plays a final regular season game Monday against Centralia before beginning play Wednesday in the Class 3A Rantoul Regional.

AT EFFINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

Springfield SHG 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
Effingham 100 000 x - 1 3 1
WP - Armstrong. LP - David.
Springfield Sacred Heart Griffin - Derhake, 2 singles; Abernathy, single
Effingham - Fearday, single; Collier, single, RBI; Armstrong, single

 

 

Neoga's season concluded in the semifinal of the Class 1A Casey-Westfield Regional, where the host school limited the Lady Indians to three hits in a 16-0 final.

Tiffany Roderick, Andrea Estay and Ashley Dryden each had a hit for Neoga, which finishes up with a 7-18 mark.

CLASS 1A CASEY-WESTFIELD REGIONAL
Semifinal

Neoga 000 00 - 0 3 0
Casey-Westfield 526 3x - 16 19 0
WP - Black. LP - Neece.
Neoga - Estay, single; Roderick, single; Dryden, single