Postseason baseball/softball action today

by Steve Dunford

Like in basketball, I am only look at the games that are in front of us, taking one round at at time.

Thompsonville will be taking on Crab Orchard today in the Carrier Mills-Stonefort Class 1A Baseball regional at 4:30 p.m.  This is the only 1A regional game in the state today, as the game was moved up to accommodate Thompsonville’s graduation on Wednesday night.  I put this at the top because of the schedule change.

Rewinding to yesterday, the West Frankfort Lady Redbirds defeated the Eldorado Eagles 15-0.  Z-R-C fell to Sparta 8-6.

This afternoon in softball action, West Frankfort will play Nashville at 5:00 p.m. and Benton will play Harrisburg at 7:00 p.m at the West Frankfort Class 2A regional.

The WF- Nashville game will be broadcast on WNSV 104.7 in Nasvhville.  The Benton-Harrisburg game will be broadcast on WEBQ 1240 AM from Harrisburg.  Both stations will have the game streamed on their website.

I will be covering both games this afternoon.  I will be interviewing Kelly Mason, who does play-by-play for WEBQ.

Waltonville-Sesser-Valier will be facing the Farifield Lady Mules this afternoon at the Carmi Class 2A Softball regional.  Game time is 4:30 p.m.

The Galatia-Thompsonville Lady Cats will be facing the Gallatin County Lady Hawks this afternoon at 3:30 at the Carrier Mills Class 1A girls softball regional.

It is a beautiful day to see some action on the area diamonds.

 

Raubach pitches one hitter for T’ville in first round regional win

by Steve Dunford

THOMPSONVILLE, IL – Sophomore Reed Raubach fires a one hitter, striking out seven as the Thompsonville Tigers defeat the Joppa Rangers 10-0 this afternoon.  This was a play in game for the Carrier Mills Class 1A Regional.

At the plate senior CF Austin Lunde led the offense going 2-3 with an RBI triple.  Hunter Woodring was 1-2 and 1B Jared Payne was 1-3 driving in a run.

Nick Scro, Anthoney Darge, and Noah Summers each drew bases loaded walks to drive in a run.

Kaleb Cox took the loss on the mound for the Rangers, and Jase Hutchason had their only base hit.  Those are two names to pay close attention to on the hardwood next season.

The Tigers will play the Crab Orchard Trojans TOMORROW at 4:30 p.m. at Carrier Mills.  The game was moved up a day to accommodate Thompsonville’s graduation Wednesday night.

 

Lady Cats knock off the Redbirds

http://www.dailyregister.com/sports/20170514/softball-bearcats-upend-wf

GALATIA, IL – (Harrisburg Daily Register –  Please click above to read the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

The Galatia-Thompsonville softball team knocked off West Frankfort 5-4 Thursday night.

The Bearcats scored one run in the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth inning, holding off West Frankfort, who put up four runs in the third inning.

Benton – WF winners in High School Baseball Saturday…today’s action

The Benton Rangers took the long trip to Clay County Saturday morning and swept a double header from the Flora Wolves.

The Rangers won game one 8-7 with Parker Williams picking up the win in relief. Derek Oxford homered for the Rangers.   In game two, Tyson Houghland pitched a complete game in a 13-3 win.  Bryden Picklesmeyer homered for Benton.

The Rangers host the Mt. Vernon Rams this afternoon at 4:30 at Evaoldi Field.

Four hurlers combined as the West Frankfort Redbirds defeated the Eldorado Eagles 8-3 on Saturday.

The Redbirds will face the Vienna Eagles this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at Bill McKee Field.

The Z-R-C Tornadoes host the Hamilton County Foxes at 4:30 as it is Senior Day.  The Thompsonville Tigers make the long trip to Golconda, to take on the Pope County Pirates this afternoon at 4:30.

Waltonville-Sesser-Valier will be playing in the Midland Trail Conference Tournament this week.

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Tigers saluted their seniors last Tuesday

by Steve Dunford

Tville Seniors baseball

The Thompsonville Tigers saluted their three seniors last Tuesday in a GEC conference game to the Gallatin County Hawks at the First Baptist Church pavilion and field.

Tiger assistant coach Chris Raubach has this to say about each one. His comments will be in italics.

1B Jared Payne is also having a great season at the plate. He is hitting between .350-.400

I have not been able to watch the Tigers on the diamond this year, but I have watched these kids play on the hardwood a lot over the years.

Payne is one of those individuals that will turn the tide for the future of Tiger athletics.

His Sophomore year he played on an 0-26 team in basketball that played hard and battled.

He was the center stone of two very young teams his junior and senior year on the hardwood.

This is only the second year that Thompsonville has fielded a stand alone baseball team in a long time. Galatia ended the over a decade long co-op. He was one of the original pieces that in the future will be looked back on getting the program a start, as well as the good things to come for T’ville basketball.

Austin Lunde is our center fielder and has also pitched some for us.   

Lunde did not play basketball this year, but I watched him give Pete Gordon some solid minutes off the bench his junior year.

In baseball, he had some good range in the OF and had a plus arm,  Like I said I did not see them yet this year but with the pitch count coming into play this year, he was what every team needs, an innings eater.

The last is LF Noah Summers, who made an appearance on the mound.

Every program needs a Noah Summers in it.  He scratched and clawed for each second or half inning he gets on the field.

He had the chance to make a couple starts in basketball this year.  He is a competitor. That Fire in the belly he has is what every program needs someone to have.

As far as the program this year, they had several games washed out.  They also had to push back some games during spring break because they did not have enough arms to go around because of the pitch count.

The pitch count is a great thing, too many kids having Tommy John at an early age.

The Tigers have been led by P-INF, sophomore Reed Raubach.  He has flirted with the .500 mark at the plate all year, and picked up a win on the mound against one of the top 1A programs in Southern Illinois, the Crab Orchard Trojans.

One of the season highlights according to Coach Raubach, was a grand slam by 3B Tyler Jones against Galatia.

The Tigers will be at home at least one more time this year as they host Joppa in a first round regional game.

Thompsonville has not won a regional in any boys sport,  Whether it be on the diamond or hardwood, that could change when this group of underclassmen, who are the same cast of characters in both sports , become upperclassmen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local HS baseball teams receive their post season assignments

by Steve Dunford 

The IHSA released post season assignments for High School Boys Baseball yesterday. Like I did for the postseason in basketball, I am going to break down each round for the county schools.

Here is a link to the full brackets:

https://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysBaseball/StateSeriesInformationResults.aspx

The Benton Rangers and the West Frankfort Redbirds will be heading to the Harrisburg Class 2A Regional.  (Yes I said Benton, they are 2A in Baseball)

The Rangers are the number one seed and will play the winner of seventh seeded Johnston City Indians or ninth seeded Eldorado, Wednesday, May 17th, at 4:00 P.M. The winner advances to the championship game on Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m.

The Redbirds are the number five seed, and will play fourth seeded Harrisburg on Thursday, May 18th, at 4:00 P.M.  The teams have split the season series.

The Waltonville-Sesser-Valier Spartans are the number three seed at the Farifield Class 2A Regional.  and will face the sixth seeded Carmi-White County Bulldogs, on Wednesday, May 17th at 7:00 p.m. The winner will advance to the championship game on Saturday, May 20th at 11:00 a.m.

The Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher Tornadoes are the number five seed in the Carterville Class 2A regional.  They will have a first round home game on Monday, May 15th at 4:30 p.m. against the number nine seed, the Vienna Eagles.  The winner advances to face the number three seed, the DuQuoin Indians in a semi-final game at 4:30 P.M.. Thursday at Carterville.

The winner of all three regionals, advances to the Benton Sectional.

The Thompsonville Tigers are the number seven seed in the Carrier Mills Class 1A Regional.  They will face the ninth seeded Joppa Rangers, at home on Monday, May 15th, at 4:30.  The winner will advance to face the second seeded, Crab Orchard Trojans on Wednesday, May 17th at 4:30 p.m., at Carrier Mills.

The winner of the Carrier Mills Regional advances to the Goreville Sectional.

 

Yesterday’s high school baseball action

by Steve Dunford 

In Boys Baseball, Z-R-C  defeats Vienna 2-1 in nine innings.  Aaron Abrahamsen with a ground ball error that scores Steven Anderson to win it. Gabe Schimpf and Anderson with two hits. Luke Garver was outstanding in relief with 5 no hit innings to get the win. 13-4 now on the season.

Z-R-C takes the short road trip to Bill McKee Field this afternoon to take on the West Frankfort Redbirds.  I will be there to cover both teams this afternoon.

Ian McMahon pitches six shutout innings to give Benton an 8-0 win over Harrisburg. There is a link with the game story on the website and Facebook page to the Benton Evening News Story.

W-S-V- picks up a 10-3 Midland Trail conference win over the Cisne Lions yesterday afternoon.

West Frankfort at Murphysboro was rained out yesterday.  There is no makeup date.

The Thompsonville Tigers game against Pope County yesterday and Hardin County Thursday has been postponed.  There were several players out of town for spring break.

Please pass along any baseball or softball scores you might have by emailing me at sdunford1970@hotmail.com or send me a message on Facebook.  If you send me a picture of the score book totaled up, I could create a box score.

 

Recent High School Baseball action

Z-R-C picks up a pair of wins Saturday.  First they defeat Johnston City 11-6.  Nick Hale with the win. Steven Anderson, Shane McCowen and Bryce Pratt all with two hits. Pratt with  three RBI’s and Anderson drove in two runs.

In game two Gabriel Motsinger pitches a shutout as the Tornadoes down the Crab Orchard Trojans, 8-0.  Kaeleb Pedigo has three hits on the afternoon, Steven Anderson and Luke Garver with two each.

Z-R-C improves two 12-4 on the season and scheduled to have a home game with the Joppa Rangers at 4:30 this afternoon, weather permitting.

The Waltonville-Sesser-Valier Spartans go on the road to pick up an 8-5 road win over the Odin Eagles in Midland Trail Conference play Saturday.

On Thursday the Benton Rangers pick up a home SIRR Ohio Conference Win at Benton 17-7.

Redbird reliever Brendan Johnson pitches 1 2/3 innings to pick the victory in a come from behind win over Harrisburg Thursday.

Redbird reliever Brendan Johnson pitches 1 2/3 innings to pick the victory in a come from behind win over Harrisburg Thursday.

Also on Thursday afternoon, Brendan Johnson comes out of the Redbird bullpen and picks up the win, in a come from behind victory over the Harrisburg Bulldogs 10-7.

The Rangers and Redbirds are slated for a 4:30 start this afternoon at Bill McKee field, weather permitting.

In high school girls softball the  Benton Rangerettes will be facing the West Frankfort Redbirds at 4:30 weather permitting.

I would like to feature scores and info from every HS baseball-softball team in the county.  Please email me at sdunford1970@hotmail.com or send me, Steve Dunford a message on Facebook.  If you could send me some information about the game and a picture of the scorebook for both teams I would appreciate it.

I plan on covering the Benton-West Frankfort baseball game today, and West Frankfort and Z-R-C this afternoon, weather permitting.

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Tigers win season and GEC opener

CRAB ORCHARD-  Reed Raubach goes 3-4 from the plate, and drove in three runs as Thompsonville defeats Crab Orchard 4-2 in Greater Egyptian conference play.

Raubach also picked up the win yesterday pitching four innings of scoreless relief.  Cory Wilce was the Tigers starter, pitching three innings and giving up two runs.

T’ville (1-0) goes on the road next Monday to Elizabethtown to play the Hardin County Cougars in GEC conference play.

Galatia-Thompsonville drops a pair to SIRR Ohio schools..beats Wayne City

Galatia-Thompsonville Lady Cats Softball (front l-r) Stephanie Curtis, Kayli Clarida, Lindsay McClerren, Emma Reagan, Reanna Gallamore, (middle l-r) MacKenzie Nolen, Dani Reynolds, Cassi Cotter, Lexi Johnson, Mallory Mays, Kennedy Harris, (back l-r) Coach Kevin Lew, Karleigh Steiner, Montanna Roberts, Katie Linsley, Katie Ramsey, MaKayda Irvin, Maddy Murphy, Asst. Coach Sara Harris and Asst. Coach Dave Johnson. (SI Dollar Saver photo)

Galatia-Thompsonville Lady Cats Softball
(front l-r) Stephanie Curtis, Kayli Clarida, Lindsay McClerren, Emma Reagan, Reanna Gallamore, (middle l-r) MacKenzie Nolen, Dani Reynolds, Cassi Cotter, Lexi Johnson, Mallory Mays, Kennedy Harris, (back l-r) Coach Kevin Lew, Karleigh Steiner, Montanna Roberts, Katie Linsley, Katie Ramsey, MaKayda Irvin, Maddy Murphy, Asst. Coach Sara Harris and Asst. Coach Dave Johnson. (SI Dollar Saver photo)

 

HARRISBURG/GALATIA, IL – Please click on the link to read about the Lady Cats falling to Harrisburg and defeating Wayne City over the weekend. Yesterday, the Lady Cats dropped a slugfest to the Herrin Lady Tigers 17-10 at Galatia. Dani Renyolds went 3-5 with a double and HR. She took the loss in the circle. Emma Reagan drove in three with a pair of doubles. Kennedy Harris went 2-4 with a pair of doubles. Maddy Murphy and Kaitie Lindsey went 2-4 with an RBI.  The Lady Cats travel to Carrier Mills this afternoon at 4:30 for a GEC conference game.

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