{"id":39504,"date":"2026-06-01T08:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=39504"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T13:40:50","slug":"cumberland-beats-wss-to-win-class-1a-altamont-baseball-regional-neoga-falls-in-own-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/39504-cumberland-beats-wss-to-win-class-1a-altamont-baseball-regional-neoga-falls-in-own-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Cumberland Beats WSS To Win Class 1A Altamont Baseball Regional, Neoga Falls In Own Regional"},"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>ALTAMONT &#8212; Cumberland High School edged Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg to win the championship of the Class 1A Altamont Baseball Regional Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor\/Stew-Stras opened with a 1-0 lead in the third inning then pushed that to 2-0 in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>But Cumberland got in the scoring with a four-run sixth and that&#8217;s all the runs it would need in the 4-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor\/Stew-Stras came back with a final run in the bottom of the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates had only two hits, a single and two RBI by Hudson McElravy and a single by Kade McMechan. Grady Jones finished with an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor\/Stew-Stras was led by Branson Tingley and Carter Verdeyen with a single and an RBI each. Koy Morris added an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Cumberland advances to the Altamont Sectional Wednesday. The Pirates will face Arthur-Lovington\/Atwood-Hammond at 4:30 p.m. in the second game of the day.<\/p>\n<p>In the opener, North Clay faces Bethany Okaw Valley at 2 p.m. North Clay won its own Class 1A Regional by downing Casey-Westfield, 8-1 Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 1A Altamont Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Championship Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cumberland\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0000\u00a0 \u00a0 004\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04-2-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Windsor\/Stew-Stras\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 001\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0011\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03-3-5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Miller. LP &#8212; McCray.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cumberland &#8212;<\/strong> McMechan, single; Jones, 1 RBI; McElravy, single, 2 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windsor\/Stewardson-Strasburg &#8212;<\/strong> Tingley, single, 1 RBI; Verdeyen, single, 1 RBI; Rincker, single; Morris, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Neoga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the Class 1A Neoga Regional, Neoga fell in the championship game to Arthur-Lovington\/Atwood-Hammond, 19-7 in six innings Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams were tied at 4-4 in the first inning. ALAH then edged ahead 5-4 in the second, tacked on three in the third, four in the fifth and seven in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>ALAH played long ball, hitting three home runs, two doubles and a triple.<\/p>\n<p>Neoga finished with nine hits led by Cayden Hakman with a single, double and three RBI, Braylon Sparrow with a single and double, Garrett Ballinger with two singles, Callen Lanham with a single and two RBI and Malik Coy with a single and an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Arthur-Lovington\/Atwood-Hammond advances to the Altamont Sectional and will face Cumberland at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 1A Neoga Regional<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neoga\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 400\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0003\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7- 9-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALAH\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0413\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0047\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a019-18-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Otto. 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