Published on August 12, 2025 7:53 am
Last Updated on August 12, 2025 11:10 am
Effingham Junior High School played host to Mount Zion and ended the game in the third inning by a 15-0 count Monday.
Cloie Bailey tossed a no-hitter over the three innings. She walked two and struck out seven.
Meanwhile, Mollie Niemerg had a double and drove in four runs while Bailey aided her own cause with a triple and an RBI. Mia Hartke had two singles and two RBI while Liv Lauritzen added two singles and an RBI. Kendyl Smith added a single and two RBI and Miley Wilson a single and an RBI. Madalyn Hoffman added an RBI.
At Effingham
Mount Zion 0 00 — 0-0-3
Effingham 1(12)2 — 15-9-2
WP — Bailey. LP — Finley.
Mount Zion — no hits
Effingham — Bailey, triple, 1 RBI; Niemerg, double, 4 RBI; Hoffman, 1 RBI; Smith, single, 2 RBI; Lauritzen, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Hites, single; Wilson, single, 1 RBI; Hartke, 2 singles, 2 RBI
At Effingham
Effingham St. Anthony edged out to a 1-0 lead but that didn’t last long as Sigel St. Michael came back with a five-run second and went on to bounce the Bullpups by a 19-7 count in four innings Monday.
The Sharpshooters had only four hits but St. Anthony finished with five errors. Monroe led the way with a triple and three RBI while Niebrugge had a double and three RBI. Niemerg and Gaddis finished with two RBI each.
Niebrugge went the four innings, allowing seven runs on eight hits, two walks and striking out seven.
St. Anthony was led by E. Bierman with a single, double and two RBI, I. McDonald with two singles and an RBI, L. Monical with a triple and an RBI and M. Hoke two singles and an RBI.
At Effingham
St. Michael 053 (11) — 19-4-1
St. Anthony 103 3 — 7-8-5
WP — Huebner. LP — Niebrugge.
Sigel St. Michael — Robertson, 1 RBI; Niemerg, 2 RBI; Niebrugge, double, 3 RBI; Monroe, triple, 3 RBI; Hoene, single; Dunbar, single; Andrews, 1 RBI; Gaddis, 2 RBI; Jansen, 1 RBI
St. Anthony — Huebner, single; Lustig, 1 RBI; Bierman, single, double, 2 RBI; McDonald, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Monical, triple, 1 RBI; Hoke, 2 singles, 1 RBI
At Arthur
Neoga took a 1-0 opening inning lead and went on for a 5-3 victory over Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Monday.
Neoga edged out to a 1-0 first inning lead. Both teams tallied two runs in the second. ALAH tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth. But Neoga came back with two in the top of the sixth for the win.
Neoga had only four hits compared to eight for ALAH. K. Mars led the way with a double and an RBI while N. Hartke and L. Haarman had an RBI each.
L. Haarman went four innings, giving up two runs on five hits, six walks and striking out four for the victory. M. White came on to toss three innings, giving up one run on three hits, two walks and striking out one.
At Arthur
Neoga 120 002 0 — 5-4-1
ALAH 020 010 0 — 3-8-2
WP — Haarman. LP — Corum.
Neoga — Hartke, 1 RBI; Eubanks, single; Bell, single; White, single; Haarman, 1 RBI; Mars, double, 1 RBI
Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond — Parson, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Pratt, single; Schrock, 2 doubles; Plank, 2 singles; Yoder, single, 1 RBI
At Kinmundy
Dieterich took a 6-0 opening inning lead and never looked back in a 16-2 victory over South Central Monday.
The Roadrunners finished with 13 hits and were aided by five South Central errors. Lydia Kreke had three singles and drove in two runs while Addison Icenogle and Kambryn Mellendorf added a single and double each. Icenogle finished with two RBI. Alivia Icenogle had two singles and three RBI and Emery Bill two singles and two RBI. Ava Benefiel and Mackenzie Roedl added a single and an RBI each and Nora Wente had an RBI.
Lydia Kreke went the five innings, giving up two runs on seven hits, no walks and struck out four.
South Central was led by Bella McDowell with a single, double and an RBI and Alexa Gile with a single and an RBI.
At Kinmundy
Dieterich 611 08 — 16-13-0
South Central 000 20 — 2- 7-5
WP — Kreke. LP — Williams.
Dieterich — Kreke, 3 singles, 2 RBI; Benefiel, single, 1 RBI; Ad. Icenogle, single, double, 2 RBI; Bill, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Mellendorf, single, double; Wente, 1 RBI; Al. Icenogle, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Roedl, single, 1 RBI
South Central — Webster, single; McDowell, single, double, 1 RBI; Williams, single; Gile, single, 1 RBI; Neilson, single; Lowry, single
At Louisville
This one was a big scoring game as North Clay tallied a 19-13 victory over Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Monday.
CHBC moved into a 4-0 lead in the top of the second but North Clay came back with a 13-run bottom of the frame and that was the game.
The winners had eight hits led by Finley Jones with a single, double and three RBI, Gabby Blair with a triple and three RBI, Emma Smith with a double, Finley Jones with two singles and an RBI and Leighna Mainer with a single and four RBI .
CHBC had three hits led by M. Wakefield with a single and two RBI.
At Louisville
CHBC 0 41 35 — 13-3-1
North Clay 0(13)6 0x — 19-8-1
WP — no name listed. LP — Pope.
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — Hart, single; Pope, single; Wheeler, 1 RBI; Wakefield, single, 2 RBI; Wright, 1 RBI
North Clay — Smith, double; Jones, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Blair, triple, 3 RBI; Mainer, single, 4 RBI; Jones, single, double, 3 RBI; no name listed, single, 1 RBI
At St. Elmo
Cumberland downed St. Elmo/Brownstown by a 16-0 count Monday.
Cumberland finished with 13 hits in the contest. The squad edged out to a 1-0 opening inning lead then tacked on 10 in the third and five more to end the contest in the fourth.
At Okaw Valley
Teutopolis stepped out to a 4-0 opening inning lead and went on to blank Okaw Valley, 13-0 in four innings Monday.
The Wooden Shoes had nine hits led by S. Grunloh with a single, double and four RBI, L. Ruholl with two singles and two RBI and P. Ruholl with two singles.
K. Hartke picked up the win on the mound, going three innings, allowing no runs on three hits, two walks while striking out five.
At Okaw Valley
Teutopolis 454 0 — 13-9-1
Okaw Valley 000 0 — 0-4-5
WP — Hartke. LP — first name only listed.
Teutopolis — Hartke, single; Ruholl, 2 singles; Murray, single; L. Ruholl, 2 singles; Meyer, single, 1 RBI; Grunloh, single, double, 4 RBI
Okaw Valley — first names only listed