Published on April 8, 2026 10:04 am
Last Updated on April 8, 2026 12:20 pm
BY MILLIE LANGE
Cumberland and Effingham St. Anthony finished with 13 hits, four errors and gave up two walks each. In essence they should have finished in a tie in high school softball action Tuesday in a game heard on KJ Country 102.3.
But, Cumberland pulled out a 10-7 victory as the two National Trail Conference teams met.
The Bulldogs tallied a run in the first inning. Julia Schultz drew a walk and stole second. She came home on a single by Jackie Vonderheide.
Cumberland came back to move ahead 4-1 in the top of the second inning. Lauren Schnepper led off the inning with a single. She was sacrificed over by Jude Miller. With two outs, Shelby Kingery singled Schnepper home. Kinley McMechan followed with a single. Two errors produced the three runs that followed.
The Pirates moved into an 8-3 lead in the top of the fourth as Jude Carr led off with a single. A single by Ava Long got Carr home.
The lead went to 9-3 in the sixth as Carr drew a walk and stole second. Schnepper singled Carr home.
Cumberland tacked on a final run in the seventh. Mia Holsapple led off with a double but was thrown out at third base. With two out, McMechan drew a walk and stole second. She came home on a fielder’s choice.
St. Anthony finally broke loose with a four-run seventh inning but fell short. Emeline Wines singled to start the frame followed by a single by Sadie Vineyard. Mallory Litz was hit by a pitch and taken out on a fielder’s choice. Lily Hardiek followed with a single that brought home two runs. Claire Kinkelaar reached on a fielder’s choice. Lilly Gannaway singled. With two outs, Vonderheide singled home the other two runs.
Holsapple picked up the pitching victory. She went the distance allowing seven runs on 13 hits, two walks and struck out one.
At St. Anthony
Cumberland 043 101 1 — 10-13-4
St. Anthony 120 000 4 — 7-13-4
WP — Holsapple. LP — Honselman.
Cumberland — Tolen, single, 1 RBI; Carr, 2 singles; Long, single, 1 RBI; Schnepper, 4 singles, 1 RBI; Miller, single; Holsapple, double; Kingery, single, 2 RBI; McMechan, 2 singles
St. Anthony — Gannaway, single; Schultz, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Vonderheide, 3 singles, 3 RBI; Ruholl, single; Wines, single; Vineyard, single; Litz, 3 singles; Hardiek, single, 2 RBI
At Farina
South Central’s Lauren Johnson kept Altamont off the basepaths as her team captured a 10-0 victory in five innings Tuesday.
Johnson went the distance on the mound, giving up one hit, one walk while striking out six.
Meanwhile, the Cougars finished with 10 hits. Zoey Feldhake led the way with two singles, a double and three RBI. Johnson aided her own cause with a single, triple and two RBI. Amelia Montes finished with a double and an RBI. Kinlee Thompson added two singles and two RBI while Emily Rose and Annie Ruholl had a single and an RBI each.
The lone hit for Altamont came off the bat of Adilyn Schnarre with a single.
At Farina
Altamont 000 00 — 0- 1-0
South Central 240 13 — 10-10-0
WP — Johnson. LP — Long.
Altamont — Schnarre, single
South Central — Montes, double, 1 RBI; Thompson, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Johnson, single, triple, 2 RBI; Feldhake, 2 singles, double, 3 RBI; Rose, single, 1 RBI; Ruholl, single, 1 RBI
At Greenville
Teutopolis improved its record to 8-1 on the season with a 10-4 victory over Greenville Tuesday.
It was long ball for the Shoes with two home runs, a triple and three doubles in the contest. Chloe Hoene led the way with a single, double, home run and three RBI. Malea Helmink hit a home run and had two RBI. Lauren Shue had a triple and an RBI and Brooke Thoele and Kylie Borries a double each.
Alyssa Tipton added two singles and an RBI, Jersey Gaddis a single and two RBI and Olivia Wermert a single and an RBI.
Gaddis went the seven innings on the mound. She struck out 10, gave up four runs on three hits and two walks.
At Greenville
Teutopolis 410 210 2 — 10-12-3
Greenville 200 000 2 — 4- 3-1
WP — Gaddis. LP — White.
Teutopolis — Hartke, single; Gaddis, single, 2 RBI; Helmink, home run, 2 RBI; Hoene, single, double, home run, 3 RBI; Borries, double; Wermert, single, 1 RBI; Tipton, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Thoele, double; Shue, triple, a RBI.
Greenville — Potthast, single, 1 RBI; J. Glisson, single, 1 RBI; Knebel, single, 1 RBI
At Vandalia
St. Elmo/Brownstown came up with two runs in the sixth inning, what would prove to be the tying and winning runs in a 4-3 victory over Vandalia Tuesday.
The Vandals moved into a 1-0 opening inning lead then added on another run in the second.
St. Elmo/Brownstown tied in the fifth with two runs then held off Vandalia with a 2-1 sixth for the victory.
Kadence Speagle led in the hitting department with two singles, a double and two RBI. Izzy Orr added a triple and an RBI while Brooklyn Landrus had a double and Auni Wollin a single and an RBI.
Speagle also picked up the pitching win. She went all seven innings, allowing three runs on four hits, one walk while striking out five.
At Vandalia
SEB 000 022 0 — 4-6-2
Vandalia 110 001 0 — 3-4-0
WP — Speagle. LP — Sefton.
St. Elmo/Brownstown — Speagle, 2 singles, double, 2 RBI; Landrus, double; Orr, triple, 1 RBI; Wollin, single, 1 RBI
Vandalia — Walk, double; Hagy, single; B. Sefton, single, 1 RBI; Hoyle, triple; Cearlock, 1 RBI
At Oblong
Dieterich pounded out 13 hits while Aliza Garner held Oblong/Palestine one hit for a 12-0 victory Tuesday.
The Maroons moved into a 3-0 opening inning lead then led 6-0 after two and 10-0 after three. They tallied two more runs in the fourth and ended the game by the 10-run rule.
Garner went the five innings, giving up four hits, four walks and striking out four.
Meanwhile, Lydia Wohltman had four singles and three RBI, Kinley Will a single and triple, Lexie Funneman and Peyton Higgins a double each, Allison Boerngen two singles, Callie Faller a single and two RBI, Claire Faller and Kensi Stortzum a single and an RBI each and Aliza Garner an RBI.
At Oblong
Dieterich 334 20 — 12-13-1
O/P 000 00 — 0- 1-6
WP — Garner. LP — Bricker.
Dieterich — Will, single, triple; Ca. Faller, single, 2 RBI; Wohltman, 4 singles, 3 RBI; Garner, 1 RBI; Cl. Faller, single, 1 RBI; Stortzum, single, 1 RBI; Boerngen, 2 singles; Funneman, double; HIggins, double
Oblong/Palestine –– Meese, single
At Pana
Newton moved into a 2-0 opening inning lead but trailed Pana 5-3 going into the fifth. The Eagles then tallied six runs and tacked on two more in the sixth for an 11-5 victory Tuesday.
The Eagles finished with 14 hits in the contest led by Jorjia Reich with a single, two doubles and two RBI, Audria Reich with a home run and two RBI, Lexie Ghast with a single, triple and an RBI and Claire Probst with two singles, a double and an RBI. Jacee Dhom finished with three RBI. Allie Hermann had two singles and Karly Deckard added a single and an RBI.
Deckard came on in relief, going five innings, giving up one hit, two walks and striking out five.
At Pana
Newton 200 162 0 — 11-14-4
Pana 041 000 0 — 5- 7-4
WP — Deckard. LP — Laker.
Newton — Hermann, 2 singles; Reich, single, 2 doubles, 2 RBI; Probst, 2 singles, double, 1 RBI; Dhom, 3 RBI; Reich, home run, 2 RBI; Ghast, single, triple, 1 RBI; Wagner, single; Deckard, single, 1 RBI; Meinhart, single
Pana — Bowker, 3 singles, 1 RBI; Morrison, single, 1 RBI; Mathis, double, 1 RBI; Laker, single; Bennett, double, 1 RBI; Doty, 1 RBI
At Olney
Effingham tallied a run in the second and a run in the sixth but it wasn’t enough as Richland County, Olney won 4-2 Tuesday.
Richland County finished with eight hits.
The Hearts had seven hits led by Natalie Armstrong with two solo home runs and two RBI. Maci Hayes added two singles and a double.
Natalie Ochs was the winning pitcher. She went 6.2 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits, one walk while striking out eight.
At Olney
Effingham 010 001 0 — 2-7-1
Richland Co. 003 010 x — 4-8-0
WP — Ochs. LP — Armstrong.
Effingham — Hayes, 2 singles, double; Armstrong, 2 home runs, 2 RBI; Poe, single; Maxedon, single
Richland County — McLaughlin, double; Williams, 2 singles; Bloomer, single, 1 RBI; Gwyn, single; Seessengood, 1 RBI; Knox, single, 2 RBI; Wilson, single; Bryan, single
At Hutsonville
Hutsonville played host to North Clay and captured a 19-2 win Tuesday.
North Clay drops to 1-8 on the season and isn’t back in action until April 14 against Grayville at 4:30 p.m.