{"id":48287,"date":"2026-10-05T07:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=48287"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T12:31:37","slug":"st-anthony-wins-class-2a-state-junior-high-baseball-tournament-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/baseball\/48287-st-anthony-wins-class-2a-state-junior-high-baseball-tournament-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Anthony Wins Class 2A State Junior High Baseball Tournament Championship"},"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>EAST PEORIA &#8212; Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School came out the Class 2A State Tournament baseball champions during the weekend at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria.<\/p>\n<p>The Bullpups opened the tourney with a 9-5 victory over Peru Parkside. St. Anthony moved into a 2-0 opening inning lead then tacked on another run in the third. Peru Parkside tallied a run in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>But the Bullpups matched that with another run in the fifth then finished strong with five runs in the seventh for the win.<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony had eight hits led by James Gilmore with a single and double, Brooks Niebrugge with two singles, Collin Storm with a single and two RBI and Will Ludwig with an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Nash Hoene opened on the mound for the Bullpups going 5.1 innings for the win, giving up one run on three hits, walking three and striking out nine.<\/p>\n<p>In the second contest, St. Anthony dominated Bluffs by an 11-1 count in five innings.<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony edged out to a1-0 opening inning lead then tacked on three in the second and ended the game via the 10-run rule with seven in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Hoene had a single, triple and two RBI while Storm had a double and two RBI. Ryan Wohltman, Owen Gillenwater and Niebrugge finished with a single and an RBI each. Gilmore added an RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Verdeyen went the five innings, giving up one run on three hits, walking three and striking out four.<\/p>\n<p>That put the Bullpups into the championship game against Downs Tri-Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Tri-Valley jumped into a 4-0 lead in the second inning. St. Anthony tallied two in the third and that&#8217;s where the scoring stood until the dramatic seventh inning.<\/p>\n<p>St. Anthony came back with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to pull out the 5-4 victory on a walkoff single.<\/p>\n<p>McAllaster had a single, double and two RBI while Wohltman added a double. Niebrugge finished with two singles and three RBI.<\/p>\n<p>Myers came on to take the victory. He went the last 2.1 innings giving up no runs on no hits, no walks whiles striking out two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class 2A State Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Game One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 200\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0101\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a09-7-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peru Parkside\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05-8-4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Hoene. LP &#8212; Martin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony &#8212;<\/strong> Niebrugge, 2 singles; McAllaster, single; Verdeyen, single; Wohltman, 2 RBI; Gilmore, single; Storm, single, 2 RBI; Hoene, single, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peru Parkside &#8212;<\/strong> Vezzetti, 2 singles; Lamps, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Martin, single, 1 RBI; Hermos, single; Fitpzatrick, 2 singles, 1 RBI; Michaelson, 1 RBI; Miller, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Game Two<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 130\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a007\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a011-6-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bluffs\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 001\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01-3-5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Verdeyen. LP &#8212; VanTuyle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony &#8212;<\/strong> Niebrugge, single, 1 RBI; Wohltman, single, 1 RBI; Gilmore, 1 RBI; Storm, single, 2 RBI; Hoene, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Gillenwater, single, 1RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bluffs &#8212;<\/strong> Little, 2 singles; Lashmett, single<\/p>\n<p><strong>Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Downs Tri-Valley\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0040\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a00\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a04-5-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0002\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0000\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a03\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0&#8212;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a05-7-3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WP &#8212; Myers. LP &#8212; Holmes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Downs Tri-Valley &#8212;<\/strong> Wicken, 1 RBI; Martin, single; McLean, single; Walden, 2 singles, 2 RBI; Knobloch, single; Jacob, 1 RBI<\/p>\n<p><strong>St. Anthony &#8212;<\/strong> Niebrugge, 2 singles, 3 RBI; McAllaster, single, double, 2 RBI; Wohltman, double; Dust, single; Hoene, single<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EAST PEORIA &#8212; Effingham St. Anthony Junior High School came out the Class 2A State Tournament baseball champions during the weekend at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria. 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