Published on April 14, 2026 10:00 am
Last Updated on April 14, 2026 10:04 am
BY MILLIE LANGE
ALTAMONT — Both teams finished with four hits and both teams had one error each.
But one team had to win and it was Altamont over Neoga by a 3-0 count Monday in high school baseball.
The two squads went 0-0 through the first four innings before Altamont tallied two runs in the bottom of the fifth and came back to add on a final run in the sixth.
Kade Milleville finished with two RBI for Altamont with a double. Blake Berg provided the other RBI with a single. The only other hits were singles by Cooper McManaway and Will Reardon.
Meanwhile, Zaine Miller got the pitching win, going all seven innings, striking out 10 while only giving up one walk.
Neoga also had four hits led by Garrett Ballinger with a double. Cayden Hakman, Malik Coy and Mason Platz had a single each.
At Altamont
Neoga 000 000 0 — 0-4-1
Altamont 000 021 x — 3-4-1
WP — Miller. LP — Ballinger.
Neoga — Ballinger, double; Hakman, single; Coy, single; Platz, single
Altamont — K. Milleville, double, 2 RBI; McManaway, single; Berg, single, 1 RBI; Reardon, single
At Dieterich
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg took the early lead then had to hold off Dieterich for a 6-5 victory Monday.
The Hatchets tallied single runs in the second and third innings and led 4-0 after five innings.
But, here came Dieterich, scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull within 5-3. Windsor/Stew-Stras tallied a run in the top of the seventh which proved to be the winning run.
Dieterich tallied two in the bottom of the seventh but couldn’t get a run to tie the game and fell by one.
Derk Friese hit a solo home run for the winners. Branson Tingley had a single and double while Seth Rincker had two singles. Carter Verdeyen added a single and two RBI and Wyatt Wetherell finished with an RBI.
Verdeyen ended with the victory on the mound. He went 5.1 innings, giving up three runs on six hits, one walk while striking out seven.
Dieterich was led in hitting by Jackson Icenogle with two singles and three RBI, Andrew Hall with a double, Bryce Bohnhoff with two singles and Justin Boerngen with an RBI.
At Dieterich
Windsor/Stew-Stras 011 021 1 — 6-8-0
Dieterich 000 003 2 — 5-9-1
WP — Verdeyen. LP — Ashley.
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg — Rincker, 2 singles; Wetherell, 1 RBI; Verdeyen, single, 2 RBI; Friese, home run, 1 RBI; Tingley, single, double; Pruemer, single; Duncan, single
Dieterich — Ashley, single; Bohnhoff, 2 singles; Lidy, single; Hall, double; Icenogle, 2 singles, 3 RBI; A. Schottman, single; B. Schottman, single; Boerngen, 1 RBI
At Cowden
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City’s Charlie Hardimon and Connor Vaughn combined to toss a no-hitter as the Bobcats pounded Ramsey 17-2 Monday.
Hardimon started the game and went three innings, giving up no hits, two walks and striking out seven. Vaughn came on to finish the final inning, not allowing a hit and striking out one.
The Bobcats moved into a 7-0 opening inning lead and ended this game in the fifth.
CHBC had eight hits and was aided by five Ramsey errors. Clive Schlanser had two singles and an RBI for the winners. Ben Askins, Vaughn. Max Kircher and Lance Roadarmel had a single and two RBI each.
At Cowden
Ramsey 020 0 — 2-0-5
CHBC 723 5 — 17-8-1
WP — Hardimon. LP — Elam.
Ramsey — no hits
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Askins, single, 2 RBI; Schlanser, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Hardimon, single; Vaughn, single, 2 RBI; Bennett, single, 1 RBI; Roadarmel, single, 2 RBI; Miller, 1 RBI; Kircher, single, 2 RBI; Ondes, 1 RBI; Dilley, 1 RBI
At Louisville
North Clay handed Wayne City a 7-0 loss in Monday action.
The Cardinals improved to 14-2 on the season and are back in action today at Mount Carmel in a 4:30 p.m. contest.
At Waltonville
Effingham St. Anthony ran out to a 5-1 opening inning lead but Waltonville came back to put together 10 more runs for an 11-9 victory Monday.
Waltonville finished with 12 hits and was also aided by five St. Anthony errors and by drawing five walks.
St. Anthony had 10 hits led by Aiden Lauritzen with a single, home run and two RBI, Blake Verdeyen with a single and triple, Quentin Stephens with two singles and two RBI, Will Bierman with a single and two RBI and Rogan Allen with two RBI.
The Bulldogs did drew eight walks in the contest.
At Waltonville
St. Anthony 510 300 0 — 9-10-5
Waltonville 136 010 x — 11-12-3
WP — Stone. LP — Mayer.
St. Anthony — Verdeyen, single, triple; Lauritzen, single, home run, 2 RBI; Brent, single; Mayer, single; Allen, 2 RBI; Bierman, single, 2 RBI; Stephens, 2 singles, 2 RBI; McDonald, single
Waltonville — Robinson, single; Potts, single, 2 RBI; Peterson, single, 2 RBI; Downey, single, home run, 2 RBI; Devore, single, home run, 1 RBI; Emery, 2 singles; Brockett, single; Stone, single; Galloway, double, 1 RBI
At Arthur
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond moved into a 2-0 opening inning lead and then scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth over Cumberland, 7-6 Monday.
ALAH had 11 hits while the Pirates finished with eight.
Cumberland was led by Adyn Heuerman with a single, double and two RBI, Reed Miller with three singles and Grady Jones and Reed Walker with a single and an RBI each.
ALAH went through four pitchers before the final one got the victory.
At Arthur
Cumberland 010 050 00 — 6- 8-2
ALAH 201 300 01 — 7-11-2
WP — Burnett. LP — Heuerman.
Cumberland — R. Miller, 3 singles; Jones, single, 1 RBI; M. Miller, single; McElravy, 1 RBI; Lock, 1 RBI; Heuerman, single, double, 2 RBI; Walker, single, 1 RBI
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond — Williams, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Hilligoss, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Otto, single; Boddy, single, 1 RBI; Burdick, single, 1 RBI; Burnett, single, 1 RBI; Butcher, single, 1 RBI; Schrock, single
At Newton
Richland County, Olney scored two runs in the top of the first and that’s all it would need in a 2-1 victory over Newton Monday.
The Eagles tallied their lone run in the bottom of the sixth. Newton outhit Olney by a 7-5 count.
Jackson James led the Eagles with two singles. Drake Wolf had a single and the lone RBI.
At Newton
Richland Co. 200 000 0 — 2-5-1
Newton 000 001 0 — 1-7-0
WP — Redman. LP — Barthelme.
Richland County — Hires, single, double; Root, single, 1 RBI; Cycholl, single, 1 RBI; Blank, single
Newton — Fulton, single; Ferguson, single; Wolf, single, 1 RBI; Baltzell, single; Tharp, single; James, 2 singles
At Mattoon
Teutopolis was a 9-4 winner in a freshman/sophomore contest Monday.
The Wooden Shoes edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead then had a five-run second and a three-run fourth.
T-town had eight hits and was aided by five Mattoon errors. Alex Grunloh had a triple and an RBI. Luke Niebrugge added a single and two RBI.
At Mattoon
Teutopolis 150 300 0 — 9-8-1
Mattoon 000 100 3 — 4-7-5
WP — Drees. LP — Hayes.
Teutopolis — Niemerg, single; Schumacher, double; Niebrugge, single, 2 RBI; Bushur, 1 RBI; Lynch, single, 1 RBI; Grunloh, triple, 1 RBI; Pals, single, 1 RBI; Dittamore, single; Schmidt, single
Mattoon — McClain, single; Hayes, 2 doubles, 1 RBI; Gonzalez, double, 1 RBI; Nolte, single, triple, 1 RBI; Brant, single