{"id":18678,"date":"2025-09-17T07:10:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=18678"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:11:57","slug":"effingham-south-central-headed-to-state-junior-high-softball-tournaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/softball\/18678-effingham-south-central-headed-to-state-junior-high-softball-tournaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham, South Central Headed To State Junior High Softball Tournaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18679 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EJHS-SOFTBALL-TO-STATE-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EJHS-SOFTBALL-TO-STATE-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/EJHS-SOFTBALL-TO-STATE-640-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Effingham Junior High School heads to State.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Effingham High School dominated Mahomet-Seymour 17-0 in the Class 3A Tolono Unity Softball Sectional championship Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cloie Bailey threw a no-hitter over the three innings, not giving up a walk and striking out one.<\/p>\n<p>The Mustangs headed out to a 4-0 opening inning lead, then tallied nine more in the second and ended the game with three in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham banged out 15 hits. Madalyn Hoffman finished with two singles, a double and drove in four runs while Liv Lauritzen added two singles and three RBI, Bailey a triple and three RBI. Mia Hartke and Sophia Wiedman added two singles and an RBI each while Anna Gouchenouer and Tinley Patton contributed two singles each. Mackynzie Hites added a single.<\/p>\n<p>The Mustangs are now 17-1 on the season and will be headed to the Illinois Elementary School Association State Tournament at Champion Fields (Maxwell Park) in Normal Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham will square off against Normal Chiddix at 12:30 p.m. in the second game. Normal Chiddix comes into the meeting with a 16-8-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>In the opener, Washington Central (15-) faces Edwardsville Liberty (20-3) at 10:30 a.m. In game three, Chatham Glenwood (13-1) meets Barrington Station (13-2) at 2:30 p.m. The last game has Channahon (12-3) meeting the winner of Sectional B at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Effingham Sportsbackers will be sponsoring a fan bus Friday for Effingham sixth, seventh and eighth-graders to attend the game and cheer on the girls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Best of luck to Coach Koester, Coach Robison and our Mustang players as they continue their incredible run,&#8221; said EJHS Athletic Director Vince Rohr.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of Friday&#8217;s action advances to Saturday&#8217;s semifinals. If the Mustangs win, they would play in the opening game at 10:30 a.m. against the winner of game two. The winners of games three and four meet at 12:30 p.m. Then it will be the third place game at 2:30 p.m. and the championship at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 3A Tolono Unity Sectional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0494\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 17-15-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahomet-Seymour\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 000\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00- 0-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Bailey. LP &#8212; only first name listed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effingham &#8212;<\/strong> Bailey, triple, 3 RBI; Gouchenouer, 2 singles; Hoffman, 2 singles, double, 4 RBI; Patton, 2 singles; Lauritzen, 2 singles, 3 RBI; Hartke, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Hites, single; Wiedman, 2 singles, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mahomet-Seymour &#8212;<\/strong> no hits<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 1A Hutsonville Sectional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Central claimed its fourth straight sectional championship by beating Martinsville 7-1 to win the Class 1A Hutsonville Sectional Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcons edged out to a 2-0 opening inning lead. Martinsville pulled within 2-1 in the fourth. But South Central socked the game away with a five-run sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa Gile and Rylan Williams led the way offensively. Gile hit a single, home run and drove in two RBI while Williams added a triple and three RBI. Skylar Webster had a single and an RBI and Bella McDowell a double.<\/p>\n<p>Williams went the distance striking out 13. She gave up only one run on four hits and one walk.<\/p>\n<p>South Central will head to the Class 1A State Tournament at Champion Fields in Normal Friday. The Falcons will take on Pontiac St. Mary&#8217;s at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In the first game, Assumption Central A&amp;M faces LeRoy at 9:30. Game two is Peoria Christian against Carthage at 11:30. The third game features Mendota Holy Cross against Gifford at 1:30.<\/p>\n<p>The winners\u00a0 advance to 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. games Saturday. The third place contest is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and the championship at 3:30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 1A Hutsonville Sectional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>South Central\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 200\u00a0 \u00a0 005\u00a0 \u00a0 0\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 7-6-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Martinsville\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0000\u00a0 \u00a0 100\u00a0 \u00a0 0\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 1-4-5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Williams. LP &#8212; only first name listed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>South Central &#8212;<\/strong> Webster, single, 1 RBI; Williams, triple, 3 RBI; Gile, single, home run, 2 RBI; McDowell, double; Neilson single<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martinsville &#8212;<\/strong> only first names listed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 2A Teutopolis Sectional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cumberland saw its season come to a close in the Teutopolis Sectional.<\/p>\n<p>The Raiders fell to Robinson Nuttall, 4-3.<\/p>\n<p>No other statistics provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Effingham Junior High School heads to State. Effingham High School dominated Mahomet-Seymour 17-0 in the Class 3A Tolono Unity Softball Sectional championship Tuesday. 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