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PINCKNEYVILLE, IL – Just like the boys, the CES Lady Bearcats softball team took home third place at the SIJHSAA State Tournament by defeating Creal Springs Adams, 12-7.
Also like the boys, they fell to Trico in the semi-finals by the score of 4-1 on Tuesday.
Congratulations on a great season. -sd
PINCKNEYVILLE, IL – Peyton Mazur hit a base clearing double driving in three runs as the Christopher Bearcats defeated the Hardin County Cougars 6-3 in eight innings, two win third place in the SIJHSAA state tournament on Thursday afternoon. Mazur started on the mound for the Bearcats, pitching six innings and scoring two runs. Mazur threw a no hitter in the Bearcats quarterfinal win over O’Fallon Carrel.
Mason Goins pitched two innings of scoreless relief to pick of the win for the Bearcats. Bryson Cullum took the loss for the Cougars.
“When we lost the coin toss, for the third straight time. And with the rain the other day thought maybe I was just in it for bad luck,. We scored 1st but then gave it back on some defensive mishaps too early in game. First batter hits to 1st base, we drop ball running to bag to get the out. Then a hit to RF by Cougar Catcher Jake Vaughn kept turning to the far corner of the field for an in the park homerun.
Then we start 2nd inning out with an error at 2B where pop up drops on grass. Start third with single. Eventually scoring on wild pitch. We got out of the inning on a heads up play by pitcher Peyton Mazur covering third on blip hit behind third.
Offensively bottom of order came through big in the 5th. 7-9 got on base and scored for us.”, said Bearcat coach Tim Leffler.
The rain Coach Leffler referred to was a big inning Trico put together in the semi-final game during a down pour, before play was stopped in a 5-4 loss to the Pioneers in the semi-finals.
A full box score of the game is below.
CHRISTOPHER BEARCATS (6) AT HARDIN COUNTY (3)
CHRISTOPHER BEARCATS
AB R H BI
CF Colin Sveda 3 1 1 1
C-Trey Cole 4 2 2 0
3B-P Mason Goins 3 1 0 0
P-3B Peyton Mazur 4 0 1 3
SS Scout Hudgens 4 0 0 0
1B Trent Mazur 4 0 0 0
LF Briar Rowland 2 1 0 0
2B Carson Hobbs 3 1 1 0
DH Kade Harbison 3 0 1 1
RF Chase Cole 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 6 6 5
HARDIN COUNTY COUGARS
P- 3B Smith 4 1 2 0
SS Ben Vaughn 3 1 1 0
C J Vaughn 4 1 1 2
3B-P Bryson Cullum 3 0 0 0
1B Lance Ditterline 4 0 0 0
LF Levi Snyder 3 0 1 0
2B Morgan Frickor 3 0 0 0
CF Walker Bebout 2 0 0 0
RF Levi Borum 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 29 3 5 2
CHRISTOPHER BEARCATS 100 020 03 — 6
HARDIN COUNTY 201 000 00 — 3
LOB–CHRISTOPHER BEARCATS 3, HARDIN COUNTY 5. ERR–Trent
Mazur, Trey Cole, Carson Hobbs, B Vaughn. 2B–Peyton Mazur,
Trey Cole (2). HR–J Vaughn. HBP–Briar Rowland. SB–Trey
Cole.
CHRISTOPHER BEARCATS
IP H R ER BB SO HR
Peyton Mazur 6.00 4 3 2 2 9 1
Mason Goins (W) 2.00 1 0 0 1 6 0
HARDIN COUNTY COUGARS
Smith 5.33 4 3 3 0 7 0
Cullum (L) 2.67 2 3 3 2 3 0
PB–Trey Cole, J Vaughn. WP–Peyton Mazur (3), Smith.
SO–Trent Mazur, Peyton Mazur (3), Colin Sveda, Kade
Harbison, Briar Rowland (2), Carson Hobbs, Mason Goins,
Snyder, Cullum (2), Bebout, B Vaughn (2), Borum (2),
Ditterline (2), J Vaughn (2), Frickor (3). BB–Colin Sveda,
Mason Goins, Cullum, Bebout, B Vaughn.
By Steve Dunford
PINCKNEYVILLE, IL Peyton Mazur throws a no hitter and struck out nine batters in a 10-0 win for CES over O’ Fallon St. Claire. He also went 2-4 from the cleanup spot driving in two and scoring once.
Also leading the Christopher offense was Gabe Sveda, who went 2-2, scoring four times with 2 RBI’s, Trey Cole went 1-4, scored twice with an RBI. Mason Goins went 1-2 with a run, Scott Hudgens was 1-4 with an RBI, and Briar Rowland was 2-2 and scored a run.
The Junior Bearcats will face the Trico Pioneers in the semi-finals on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. at the Perry County Fairgrounds in Pinckneyville. The girls also play Trico at 3:00 in Pinckneyville.
The game will be broadcast on WXAN-FM 103.9 in Ava. Richard Blakely will call the game. Below is a link to stream the game online.
http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WXAN
by Steve Dunford
PINCKNEYVILLE, IL – The CES Lady Bearcats advanced to the semi-finals of the SIJHSAA State Tournament, by beating Shiloh out of the St. Louis Metro East area.
Leading the Christopher offense was Amiah Hargrove who went 2-2 with three runs scored and an RBI, Courtney Parke 3-4 with three RBIs Hanna Burzynski 3-4 with a home run and two RBI’s and, and Tori Crain 1-1 with two walks, was hit by a pitch and two runs scored.
The Lady Bearcats will face the Trico Lady Pioneers in the semi-finals on Tuesday at 3:00 P.M. at the Perry County Fairgrounds in Pinckneyville. Coach Brooke Jones said the defeated Trico earlier in the year 13-2,
The CES boys baseball team also made the semi-finals and will also play the Trico Pioneers.
Both the boys and girls games will be broadcast by Richard Blakely on WXAN-103.9 FM in Ava.
Here is a link to stream the broadcast.
http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WXAN
Good luck to both teams.
by Steve Dunford
Normally I would separate this out into two stories. The reason I like sports in general, is you can not predict the outcome.
Last Thursday, the Christopher Junior high boys baseball and junior high softball girls teams played in Class M. Regional Championship games. Both faced Sesser-Valier. The both won by the same final score of 4-3, the boys won in eight innings.
In the boys’ game Christopher Junior High Boys Baseball Coach Tim Leffer also added this which was ironic, “Colin Sveda was at the plate last year with the winning run on, facing the same pitcher, Gavin Woodland. Last year he struck out, this year he hits a screamer into the right centerfield gap for the walkoff. ” Some other events that took place in the eighth inning that coach Leffler told me about sounded like game 6 of the 2011 World Series.
Peyton Mazur and Mason Goins split time on the mound for the Bearcats last Thursday. Including the game winning RBI’s mentioned above, Seveda drove in all four on the afternoon from the leadoff spot, which all the runners reached by a walk or HBP. Trent Mauzr went 2-3 at the plate as well on the afternoon.
The Bearcats improved to 16-2 on the season after their win. It was their third win of the season over Sesser-Valier, in which Coach Leffler said is not an easy task.
The only two blemishes on the Bearcats record was a 2-0 loss to Benton and a 10-9 loss to Carterville, who will be playing in the quarterfinals of the Class L State Tournament in Centralia on Saturday.
The Bearcats opening round game of the state tournament will be against O’ Fallon St. Clare Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., at the Perry County Fairgrounds in Pinckneyville.
Now on to the girls. I was going to use ladies first, but the bottom of the eighth in the boys game on Thursday added to one of the bizarre things that happened on the afternoon.
As mentioned above, the Christopher Lady Bearcats came away with a 4-3 win last Thursday to win the Johnston City Class M Regional crown.
Hannah Burzynski pitched a two hitter for the win, going 2-3 at the plate with a double and an RBI. “She has been a big part of all our wins and is great under pressure. The top of the 7th was pretty intense with runners on and being up by one, but she’s gotten the job done all year and I know she will help carry us through the tournament,” according to Lady Bearcat softball coach Brooke Jones.
Courtney Parke went 1-3 with a double and 2RBI’s at the plate on the afternoon, and McKenzie Jackson went 1-2.
It was also a come from behind win for the Lady Cats as they gave S-V the lead early on from some miscues in the field. It was also their third win of the year as well over the Lady Devils.
The Lady Cats also drew a Metro East team in the first round of the state tournament as they will face Shiloh in the quarterfinals of the Class M State Tournament, at 3:30 p.m., also at the Perry County Fairgrounds.
Good luck to both teams, and we will be keeping an eye on you down the tournament trail.
DuQuion Class L Regional
Wed, Sep 20 at 3:30p
Game 1: DuQuion (9) over West Frankfort (6)
Wed, Sep 20 at 5:00p
Game 2: Hamilton County (5) over Benton (3)
Sat, Sep 23 at 10:00a
Regional Championship: Hamilton County vs DuQuion
Johnston City Class M Regional
Tue, Sep 19 at 2:00p
Game 1: Sesser-Vallier (9) over Johnston City (8)
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:30p
Game 2: Christopher (12) over Zeigler-Royalton (4)
Thu, Sep 21 at 4:00p
Regional Championship: Sesser-Vallier vs Christopher
Elverado Class S Regional
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:30p
Game 1: Ewing (10) over OLMC (0)
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:30p
Game 2: Desoto (13) over Thompsonville (0)
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:30p
Game 3: Pinckeyville 204 (14) over Giant City (3)
Thu, Sep 21 at 3:00p
Game 4: Elverado vs Ewing
Thu, Sep 21 at 4:30p
Game 5: Desoto vs Pinckeyville 204
Mon, Sep 25 at 4:30p
Regional Championship: Winner Game 4 vs Winner Game 5
Hamilton County Class L Regional
Wed, Sep 20 at 4:30p
Game 1: Benton (11) over DuQuoin (2)
Wed, Sep 20 at 6:30p
Game 2: Hamilton County (3) over West Frankfort (2)
Sat, Sep 23 at 10:00a
Regional Championship: Benton vs Hamilton County
Christopher Class M Regional
Tue, Sep 19 at 2:00p
Game 1: Christopher (9) over Zeigler-Royalton (1)
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:00p
Game 2: Sesser-Valier (7) over Johnston City (3)
Thu, Sep 21 at 4:30p
Regional Championship: Christopher vs Sesser-Valier
Giant City Class S Regional
Sat, Sep 16 at 11:00a
Game 1: Galatia (3) over Pope County (1)
Tue, Sep 19 at 2:00p
Game 2: Giant City (12) over OLMC (0)
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:00p
Game 3: Crab Orchard (14) over New Simpson Hill (9)
Tue, Sep 19 at 2:00p
Game 4: Unity Christian (12) over Galatia (2)
Tue, Sep 19 at 4:00p
Game 5: Carrier Mills (14) over Thompsonville (0)
Fri, Sep 22 at 4:30p
Game 6: Giant City vs Crab Orchard
Fri, Sep 22 at 4:00p
Game 7: Unity Christian vs Carrier Mills
Mon, Sep 25 at 4:30p
Regional Championship: Winner Game 6 vs Winner Game 7
In Junior High Girls Softball action Christopher defeated Z-R 10-0 on Monday. Cortney Parke goes 3-3 at the plate, Makayla Dejar 2-4, Amiah Hargrove 1-1, 3 walks and scores three runs for the Bearcats. Lainey Morris and Shelby Grove pick up a hit each for the Tornadoes.
In Boys Baseball, Christopher defeats Z-R 14-0 on Monday.
Yesterday Amiah Hargrove and Reagan Gilbert go 3-5 from the plate, and McKenzie Jackson 2-4 as the Christopher Bearcats fall to the Elverado Falcons 9-7 in a nine inning contest yesterday in Junior High Softball action.
The Bearcats improve to 3-3 on the year and host Sesser-Valier on Friday.
In Junior High Baseball action, Benton defeats Harrisburg 11-7.
by Steve Dunford
Several games were washed out yesterday afternoon. Here are the scores that I have.
CHRISTOPHER 9 Unity Point 2 RyAnn Clark 3-4 with a triple, Courtney Parks 3-4, Regaan Gilbert 2-3 with a triple for the Bearcats.
Johnston City 13 ZEIGLER-ROYALTON 3 . Skylar Hudson 2-3, Lainey Morris, Hadleigh Swetz, and Shelby Grove each had a hit for the Tornadoes. Next Game at Home against Unity Point.
ZEIGLER ROYALTON 4 Johnston City 1 – Matt Jones complete game 5 Ks, Talon Mills, Matt Jones, Chase VanHoorebeke, Cole McKinney and Kylar Phillips picked up hits for the Tornadoes. Next game on the road with Unity Point.
