Junior High Regionals -- Sept. 12

Effingham Junior High School advanced to the championship game of the Class AA Teutopolis Girls Softball Regional with a victory Monday evening.

The Mustangs defeated Red Hill (Bridgeport) 11-0 in five innings. Effingham held a 2-0 first inning lead and finished it off via the 10-run rule.

Wittenberg had four singles and an RBI to lead the Mustangs. Davis threw a one-hitter with no walks and eight strikeouts.

In the second game, Jasper County defeated Shelbyville Moulton 6-3.

Effingham and Jasper County will square off for the regional championship today at 4:30 p.m.

At Teutopolis

Red Hill               000    00    --       0- 1-4

Effingham           213    32    --    11-10-2

WP -- Davis. LP -- Moore.

Red Hill -- Harper, single

Effingham -- Wittenberg, 4 singles, 1 RBI; Kronewitter, single, 2 RBI; Armstrong, single, 1 RBI; Rothrock, single, 1 RBI; Dasenbrock, singe; Hardiek, single, 1 RBI; Stone, single, 1 RBI

At St. Elmo

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City saw its bid for the Class A St. Elmo/Brownstown Regional championship go by the wayside with a 4-2 loss to Findlay Okaw Valley Monday.

"This would have been our first ever regional championship in junior high softball," said CHBC Coach Carolyn Wendte. "I don't know what happened. There are no excuses. The pitcher was good but we just wouldn't swing the bat at the strikes. We had too many costly errors and a base running error that shut down an inning we were making a comeback.

"Overall we had a great season, but it just ended too quickly. As the players were told, we have to learn from this setback that we have to play each and every game and take nothing for granted."

Each team had one hit. CHBC was led by Gracie Heckert with a single.

Okaw Valley advances to face Casey-Westfield in its own sectional Saturday at 11 a.m.

At St. Elmo

CHBC                       001    001    0    --    2-1-5

Okaw Valley            011    011    0    --    4-1-2

WP -- Bunfill. LP -- Cherry.

Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City -- Heckert, single

Okaw Valley -- Bennett, single