St. Anthony Wins Class 1A State Junior High Baseball Championship, T-town Competed In Class 2A 

EAST PEORIA — Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School won the Class 1A State Tournament baseball championship during the weekend.

The Bullpups opened its stay at State with a 10-3 win over Bloomington Corpus Christi.

St. Anthony edged out to a 2-1 opening inning lead then tallied two more in the third, five in the fourth and one in the seventh behind a 10-hit attack.

Reed Schumacher led the way for St. Anthony with three singles and an RBI while Jaxon Having had a single and triple, Sam Vineyard added two singles and two RBI, Luke Roewe a single and two RBI and Paxton Coulter a single and an RBI.

Roewe went six innings for the victory on the mound. He gave up three runs on five hits, four walks and struck out five.

In other first round games, Joliet St. Raymond blanked Springfield St. Agnes, 13-0, Lexington won over Paris Crestwood 9-2 and Peoria Limestone Walters downed Liberty 5-0.

St. Anthony then really went to work offensively, outhitting Peoria Limestone Walters by a 16-9 count for a 5-3 victory in 10 innings.

The Bullpups held a 2-1 opening inning lead but Walters tied in the bottom of the fourth and took a 3-2 lead in the fifth.

St. Anthony came back to tie the score in the seventh and sent the game into extra innings, finishing out winning with two runs in the 10th.

Parker Phillips ended with two singles, a triple and two RBI. Schumacher had three singles, Vineyard two singles and three RBI, Roewe three singles and Paxton Coulter two singles.

Schumacher came on in the sixth and went five innings on the mound, giving up one hit, one walk and striking out five for the win on the mound.

In the other semifinal round contest, Lexington downed Joliet St. Raymond, 9-3.

In the championship game, St. Anthony was an 8-1 winner over Lexington.

The Bullpups held a 3-0 lead in the second inning then had a five-run fifth. Lexington tallied its lone run in the sixth.

St. Anthony finished with 10 hits led by Coulter with a single, double and an RBI, Vineyard with a double and three RBI, Phillips with two singles and an RBI and Having with two singles. Kolin Kiefer added two RBI and Eli Bales an RBI.

Phillips was the winning pitcher. He came on in relief and went 6.1 innings allowing one run on five hits, one walk and striking out nine.

The Bullpups finished the season with a 16-4 record.

The third place game went to Joliet St. Raymond over Peoria Limestone Walters, 10-3.

Class 1A State Tournament

Game One

St. Anthony                     202      050     1     —     10-10-4

Corpus Christi               100      010      1     —       3- 6-4

WP — Roewe. LP — Hebel.

St. Anthony — Coulter, single, 1 RBI; Schumacher, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Vineyard, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Roewe, single, 2 RBI; Phililps, single; Having, single, triple

Corpus Christi — Baner, single; Heaton, single, 1 RBI; Vaughn, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Percell, single

Game Two

St. Anthony                             200     000     100     2     —     5-16-1

Peoria Limestone                  100     110     000     0     —     3- 9-0

WP — Schumacher. LP — Korth.

St. Anthony — Coulter, 2 singles; Schumacher, 3 singles; Wohltman, single; Bales, single; Vineyard, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Roewe, 3 singles; Phillips, single, double, triple, 2 RBI; Having, single

Peoria Limestone — Fehl, single, 2 RBI; Dicce, single; Strausbaugh, 2 singles; Birkel, single; Durham, double, triple; Birkel, 2 singles

Championship Game

St. Anthony                 030     050     —      8-10-0

Lexington                   000      001     —      1-   5-0

WP — Phillips. LP — Miller.

St. Anthony — Coulter, single, double, 1 RBI; Schumacher, single; Bales, 1 RBI; Vineyard, double, 3 RBI; Roewe, single; Phillips, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Kiefer, 2 RBI; Having, 2 singles; Baudier, single

Lexington — Brewer, single; Powell, single; Foote, single, double; Doolin, 1 RBI; Martin, single

 

Class 2A State Tournament

Teutopolis was competing in the Class 2A State Tournament and unfortunately fell in its opening contest, 6-3 to Peru Parkside.

The Wooden Shoes edged out to a 1-0 opening inning lead but Parkside came back with three runs in the second and one in the third to lead 4-1. T-town rallied with two runs in the top of the fifth but Parkside scored two runs in the bottom of the frame.

The Shoes were led in hitting by Connor Althoff with two singles and Myles Hoene with an RBI.

In other opening round games, Washington won over Springfield Christian 11-1, Kankakee Bishop McNamara edged St. Joseph 4-3 and Stronghurst West Central defeated Staunton 5-3.

In the semifinals, Washington defeated Kankakee Bishop McNamara 11-6 and Peru Parkside downed Stronghurst West Central 4-1.

The third place contest went to Kankakee Bishop McNamara over Stronghurst West Central 6-1. The championship was won by Washington over Peru Parkside, 4-3.

Class 2A State Tournament

Teutopolis                       100     020     —     3-6-2

Peru Parkside                031     020     —     6-9-1

WP — Hermosillo. LP — Pals.

Teutopolis — Althoff, 2 singles; Pals, single; Hoene, 1 RBI; Meyer, single; Wermert, single; Giles, single

Peru Parkside — Vezzetti, single; Suarez, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Dinges, single; Hermosillo, single; Weber, 2 singles; Cass, single; Larios, single, 1 RBI