Arcola Beats Neoga In Varsity Baseball, Mt. Zion Downs St. Anthony In JV Play 

Published on April 30, 2025 7:10 am
Last Updated on April 30, 2025 7:11 am

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ARCOLA — Neoga fell to Arcola by a 9-2 count in high school baseball action Tuesday.

The Purple Riders moved into a 1-0 opening inning lead and led 3-0 after two. Neoga pulled back within 3-2 in the top of the fourth only to see Arcola tally three more runs in the bottom of the frame.

Neoga finished with seven hits led by Colin Blazich with two singles and a double, Carter Young with a double and an RBI, Matt Propst with a double, Malik Coy with two singles and Evan Fearday with an RBI.

Arcola had nine hits led by Tanner Thomas with two singles, two home runs and six RBI and Brevyn Whisman and Brody Drake with a single and an RBI each.

Whisman was the winning pitcher. He went three innings, allowing no runs on two hits, no walks while striking out six.

Neoga dropped to 123-6 on the season.

At Arcola

Neoga                000    200    0    —    2-7-2

Arcola               120      303    x    —    9-9-0

WP — Whisman. LP — White.

Neoga — Propst, double; Blazich, 2 singles, double; Young, double, 1 RBI; Coy 2 singles; Fearday, 1 RBI

Arcola — Thomas, 2 singles, 2 home runs, 6 RBI; Whisman, single, 1 RBI; Griffith, single; Henson-Stice, 2 singles; Drake, single, 1 RBI

 

At Mount Zion

In a junior varsity game, Mount Zion handed Effingham St. Anthony a 9-5 loss behind a 10-hit attack Tuesday.

The Braves moved ahead 4-0 in the first but St. Anthony tied in the top of the second. Mount Zion regained the lead in the bottom of the frame with a run, then added on three in the third and one in the fifth. St. Anthony’s other run came in the fourth.

Mount Zion had 10 hits while St. Anthony had nine.

The Bulldogs were led by Eric Utz with two singles, a double and an RBI and Will Bierman with two singles and an RBI.

At Mount Zion

St. Anthony                040    100    —    5- 9-2

Mount Zion                413    01x    —    9-10-0

WP — Smith. LP — Jansen.

St. Anthony — Vonderheide, 1 RBI; Bierman, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Utz, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Dorris, single; Stephens, single; Jansen, single; Wernsing, single

Mount Zion — Cohier, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Venters, 2 doubles, 2 RBI; Roney, single; Durbin, single; Workman, double, 3RBI; Renfro, single, 1 RBI; Maxey, 2 singles, 1 RBI