Glenwood blanks Marion in semis | Spring postseason roundup May 25-30
Tuesday, May 26
SOFTBALL
CLASS 3A
Centralia Sectional
No. 1 Chatham Glenwood 10, No. 3 Marion 0 (5 innings)
Sophia Feld and Ryleigh Kiel both homered, and the Titans advanced to the sectional championship game.
Sophia Feld (2-for-4, two runs) drove in Kiel and Hope Gilmore when she lifted a three-run home run to center field in the top of the first inning. Glenwood tacked on five runs in the second. Kiel and Gilmore (2-for-3, run) each had an RBI single, and Sydney Feld drilled a three-run triple to give the Titans an 8-0 lead.
Kiel (2-for-2, two runs) hit a solo homer, and Sophia Feld finished her four-RBI day with a run-scoring single in the fifth. Jemma Lamb had a hit and scored three runs, and Kyleigh Donnelly collected two hits and scored a run.
Senior pitcher Irie Lohrenz went the distance and threw a two-hit shutout for the win. She struck out five and walked three.
Glenwood (27-2) plays No. 1 subsectional seed Waterloo (27-3) for the title at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Waterloo defeated No. 3 Jerseyville 10-1 in the other semifinal.
GIRLS SOCCER
CLASS 1A
Rochester Sectional
No. 1 Williamsville 1, No. 2 Rochester 0 (SO)
Williamsville junior goalkeeper Brynn Stark only made one stop in the penalty-kick shootout, but it was all the Bullets needed to fend off Rochester.
When Calynn Frye put Williamsville's fifth penalty-kick shot into the net, it touched off a celebration to give Williamsville a 5-4 edge in the five-round shootout.
Williamsville (19-5-2) hasn't allowed a goal in three postseason games, outscoring opponents 17-0. Williamsville was held to just three shots on goal and despite the Rockets putting 11 on net, Stark stopped them all to force the shootout.
The Bullets will face No. 1 Pleasant Plains after the Cardinals downed No. 3 Mount Zion 7-0 in Tuesday's other semifinal. Plains (22-0-2) won both matches this season: 4-0 on April 3 and 5-1 on May 1.
Grace Sabatka, Caroline Willenborg and Bailey Leach all had a pair of goals to spur the Cardinals on Tuesday against Mount Zion. Callie Wagner had the other goal for Pleasant Plains.
Monday, May 25
BASEBALL
CLASS 2A
Pleasant Plains Regional
No. 8 Auburn 9, No. 9 Riverton 5
Auburn plated its nine runs in the first four innings and staved off the Hawks to advance.
Riverton grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first half of the first on an error, a wild pitch and a dropped third strike. Auburn answered with three runs in the bottom half on an RBI single by Carter Smith and two balks by pitcher Brodee Bates.
The Hawks went ahead 4-3 in the second on an RBI groundout by Braden Eiskant before the Trojans took the lead for good with three runs in the bottom of the inning. Trey Boston (2-for-3, three runs) drove in a run with a single, and Peyton Campbell (2-for-2, three runs) delivered a two-run home run.
Campbell was the winning pitcher, striking out six, walking two and allowing three hits and four runs (two earned) in five innings.
Auburn (11-15) plays Sangamo Conference rival and No. 1 seed Pleasant Plains in the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Litchfield Regional
No. 8 Carlinville 8, No. 9 Hillsboro 5
Noah Convery delivered on the mound and at the plate, and the Cavaliers scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to rally past the Hiltoppers.
Convery had a two-run home run in the first inning, and Carlinville added a run in the second when Colin McKinney scored on a wild pitch.
Eli Zaidi (2-for-4) lined a two-run double to get Hillsboro within 3-2 in the third and the Hiltoppers took a 5-3 lead in the fourth when Sawyer Hindle (2-for-4, two runs) hit an RBI single, Joel Malloy scored on a passed ball and Zaidi plated a run with a base hit.
Convery started the comeback with a run-scoring single, and Drew Quarton scored on an error to tie the game. The Cavaliers took the lead when Blake Killam and McKinney both walked with the bases loaded, and Zander Bellm forced in a run when he was hit by a pitch.
Convery threw 2 1/3 relief innings for the win. He struck out six, walked one and yielded one hit.
Carlinville (8-16) plays top-seed Roxana in the semifinal on Wednesday at 4.
Williamsville Regional
No. 10 Beardstown 9, No. 7 Quincy Notre Dame 8
The Tigers scored three runs apiece in the fifth and sixth innings and held on to advance to the semifinals.
Beardstown (8-16) plays No. 2 seed Petersburg PORTA on Wednesday at 4:30.
Trailing 5-3 in the fifth, Beardsown’s Zach Meyer laced a run-scoring double and later scored on an error to tie the game. Maddox Medrano’s RBI double gave the Tigers a 6-5 lead. Parker Bell’s RBI double and Trey Riddell’s one-run single highlighted Beardstown’s three-run sixth that led to a 9-5 lead.
QND’s Eli Johnson homered to center field to get the Raiders within two runs in the bottom half of the sixth, and an RBI groundout in the seventh made it 9-8. But reliever Colby Desollar (3-for-5, three runs) preserved the win by getting the final two outs.
CLASS 1A
Leroy Regional
No. 7 Athens 15, No. 10 Decatur Christian Unity 0 (4 innings)
Braxton Rexroad provided four RBIs, and the Warriors scored 10 runs in the bottom of the second inning to advance in the regionals.
Rexroad started the scoring with an RBI sacrifice fly in the first inning. He added a two-run single in the second and an RBI base hit in the fourth. Cole Ishmael (2-for-3, run) and Wyatt Gleason both had two-RBI singles in the second, and Drake Carver blew the game wide open with a two-run triple. Kyson Ketchum (2-for-3, two runs, two RBIs) added an RBI double in the fourth.
Starting pitcher Carter Brock threw three innings, striking out five and walking none while allowing one hit. Vincent Moscardelli fanned one and pitched the final inning.
Athens (13-15) advanced to the semifinals and will play No. 2 seed Argenta-Oreana at Leroy on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
Hardin Calhoun Regional
No. 8 Edinburg 12, No. 9 White Hall North Greene 3
Colton Puccetti went 4-for-5 with two doubles and compiled six RBIs as the Wildcats moved on.
Trailing 1-0, Puccetti started Edinburg’s scoring with an RBI single, and he scored on a wild pitch to give the Wildcats a 2-1 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Puccetti added a run-scoring base hit in the second and swatted a three-run double in the third that followed a solo home run by Carter Foli (2-for-3, triple) in a four-run inning. Puccetti ended his big day with a run-scoring double in the fifth before Brody Pop connected on a three-run home run.
Noah Clark pitched six innings for the win, and Puccetti threw one scoreless inning to ice it. Clark struck out 11, walked two and allowed six hits and three runs (two earned). He went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI in the leadoff spot. Puccetti struck two and walked two in his one inning.
Edinburg plays No. 1 seed Pawnee in the semifinals at 4:30 on Wednesday.
Liberty Regional
No. 8 Rushville-Industry 13, No. 9 Concord Triopia 3
Jagger Bartlett and Nathan Stambaugh drove in three runs apiece, and the Rockets moved on to the semifinals.
Rushville-Industry (9-13) plays No. 1 seed Jacksonville Routt on Wednesday at 4:30.
Jackson Spencer got the Rockets going with an RBI double in the bottom of the first inning. Stambaugh made it 3-0 with a two-run single and Barlett (2-for-3) followed with a run-scoring base hit to highlight Rushville-Industry's five-run inning. Bartlett added a two-run single in the third.
The Rockets took advantage of 10 walks. Bradley Hollingsworth walked three times, scored three runs and had two RBIs, while Rylan Reimolds walked four times and scored four runs.
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: Spring high school postseason top performers May 25-30
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