Published on March 30, 2026 1:06 pm
Last Updated on March 30, 2026 1:07 pm
SULLIVAN — Effingham St. Anthony edged into a 1-0 lead against the host squad in the Sullivan Round Robin Softball Tournament Saturday and finished with a 10-6 victory.
The Bulldogs had 15 hits in the contest led by Mallory Litz with a home run and three RBI, Kelli Honselman with three singles and two RBI, Lilly Gannaway with three singles and an RBI. Sadie Vineyard had a triple while Jackie Vonderheide and Emeline Wines had two singles and an RBI each. Julia Schultz and Lilly Hardiek tallied a single and an RBI each.
At Sullivan
Game One
St. Anthony 102 222 1 — 10-15-2
Sullivan 010 012 2 — 6- 7-2
WP — Honselman. LP — Webb.
St. Anthony — Gannaway, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Honselman, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Schultz, single, 1 RBI; Litz, home run, 3 RBI; Vonderheide, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Ruholl, single; Wines, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Hardiek, single, 1 RBI; Vineyard, triple
Sullivan — Stinson, single; Rya, single, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Robinson, double, 1 RBI; Risley, single, 1 RBI; Szachnitowski, single
At Fairfield
Teutopolis competed in the Lady Mule Spring Fling at Fairfield Saturday.
The Wooden Shoes easily handled Carmi-White County by an 8-0 tally. T-town finished with 12 hits led by Malea Helmink with two singles, a home run and four RBI, Jersey Gaddis with a single and triple, Kylie Borries with two doubles and an RBI and Chloe Hoene with a double.
Gaddis was the winning pitcher. She went four innings, gave up no runs on two hits, one walk while striking out five.
Edwards County edged Teutopolis, 5-4.
Edwards County moved into a 3-0 opening inning lead. T-town came back within 3-2 in the second and moved ahead 4-2 in the top of the fourth. But Edwards County won the game in the bottom of the fourth with two runs.
T-town outhit Edwards County by 7-4 count. Clara Mette had a single, double and three RBI while Kera Hartke added a single and an RBI.
At Fairfield
Game One
Teutopolis 104 3 — 8-12-0
Carmi-White Co. 000 0 — 0- 2-2
WP — Gaddis. LP — Courson.
Teutopolis — Gaddis, single, triple; Helmink, 2 singles, home run, 4 RBI; Hoene, double; Borries, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Wermert, single; Mette, single; Shue, single, 2 RBI; Thoele, single
Carmi-White County — Courson, 2 singles
Game Two
Teutopolis 020 2 — 4-7-2
Edwards Co. 300 2 — 5-4-1
WP — Groff. LP — Tipton.
Teutopolis — Hartke, single, 1 RBI; Gaddis single; Borries, single; Tipton, single; Helmink, single; Mette, single, double, 3 RBI
Edwards County — Jones, single; Bishop, double, 1 RBI; Richards, single, double, 3 RBI
At Casey-Westfield
Effingham and South Central competed in the Casey-Westfield Tournament Saturday.
Effingham’s first game was a 3-1 loss to Westville.
Westville took a 1-0 first inning lead and tacked on two more in the third and one in the seventh behind an 11-hit attack.
Effingham had only two hits, singles by Natalie Armstrong and Aubrey Poe.
In the second contest, the Hearts broke loose with 17 hits, eight of those doubles and edged Champaign Central, 11-10.
The Hearts, Maci Hayes and Gieah Schlanser had two singles, a double and an RBI each while Ryley Engel had two doubles and two RBI. Natalie Armstrong finished with a single, double and two RBI. Keagyn Koenig had a single and double, Cora Hartmann added a double and Molly Maxedon had two singles and an RBI. Aubrey Poe and Cora Hartmann added a double each. Sydney Cunningham finished with a single and two RBI.
South Central fell to Mount Zion by an 11-1 count. The lone run for the Cougars came in the fifth.
South Central had three hits led by Lauren Johnson with a solo home run.
Casey-Westfield was an 11-4 winner over South Central.
South Central held a 4-1 lead until the bottom of the third when Casey-Westfield scored six runs.
Kinlee Thompson had a triple and three RBI while Emmie Ruholl added two singles and Maddie Peddicord had an RBI for South Central.
Casey-Westfield Tournament
Game One
Westville 102 000 0 — 3-11-0
Effingham 000 100 0 — 1- 2-0
WP — Valangeon. LP — Armstrong.
Westville — Cook, double; Zaayer, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Kiesel, single; Valangeon, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Atwood, double, 1 RBI; Bennett, single; Newell, single
Effingham — Armstrong, single; Poe, single
Game Two
Central 020 404 0 — 10-17-1
Effingham 314 030 x — 11-17-4
WP — Poe. LP — Ellison.
Champaign Central — Christ, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Bandy, single, 1 RBI; Swanson, single; Kloeppel, 2 singles, 2 RBI; M de la Cruz, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Mucher, single; Wilson, single, 1 RBI; Ellison, single, 1 RBI; Harding, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Roundtree, 3 singles, 2 RBI
Effingham — Hayes, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Engel, 2 doubles, 2 RBI; Armstrong, single, double, 2 RBI; Schlanser, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Hartmann, double; Cunningham, single, 2 RBI; Poe, double; Maxedon, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Koenig, single, double
Game One
Mount Zion 201 053 — 11-15-1
South Central 000 010 — 1- 3-3
WP — Snow. LP — Johnson.
Mount Zion — Kanemaru, 3 singles; Rotz, single, triple, 2 RBI; Ethell, single; Williams, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Beiler, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Green, 1 RGI; Reeter, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Carafto, 2 single, 2 RBI
South Central — Montes, single; Johnson, home run, 1 RBI; Ruholl, single
Game Two
South Central 004 000 0 — 4- 6-4
Casey-Westfield 106 004 0 — 11-11-0
WP– Goble. LP — Thompson.
South Central — Peddicord, 1 RBI; Thompson, triple, 3 RBI; Johnson, single; Ruholl, 2 singles
Casey-Westfield — Goble, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Karras, 2 singles; Frye, single; Moore, single, double, 4 RBI; Bonds, single; Gilbert, single 1 RBI; Whitacre, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Seaton, 1 RBI