The Lady Thunder’s Dana McCombie puts a late tag on a Rock Falls base runner during Saturday morning softball action in Thomson. The Lady Rockets cruised to the lopsided victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Softball

Eastland Defeats Pearl City

A late tag is applied by Eastland’s first baseman during Wednesday afternoon action in Pearl City. The Lady Cougars pounded out eleven hits en route to the 7-1 victory over the Lady Wolves. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The Lady Cougars traveled to Pearl City on Thursday and came home with the 7-1 victory over the Lady Wolves. Eastland had the bats going and starting pitcher Marissa Harris on the hill to keep Pearl City on their heels and off the base paths.

The Lady Cougars put up two first inning runs and that would prove to be all the scoring they would need as they cruised to the win. Harris kept the Pearl City hitters off balance and off the bases as she allowed only four hits while walking a pair and striking out fourteen.

Her counterpart for Pearl City, Michaela Heinrich allowed all seven runs on eight hits through three innings. Harris helped her own cause with the bat also, blasting a second inning home run. Teammates Delanie Giedd and Taylor Ruter had doubles in the game and Heather Strong hit a triple for Eastland. The win improves Eastland’s record to eight wins and three losses.

Eastland-2-3-0-2-0-0-0-7-11-2

Pearl City-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-4-2

WP: Harris 7IP, 1R, 4H, 2BB, 14K

LP: Heinrich 3IP, 7R, 8H, 1K

Pearl City’s Michaela Heinrich delivers a pitch to an Eastland batter during Wednesday softball action in Pearl City. Heinrich gave up seven runs on eight hits while striking out one in the Eastland 7-1 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

2B: Eastland: 2 (Giedd, Ruter)

3B: Eastland: 1 (Strong)

HR: Eastland: 1 (Harris)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastland Outduels Forreston/Polo

The Lady Cougars put up single runs in the first three innings and behind the pitching of Marissa Harris beat Forreston/Polo 3-1 on Monday at EHS. Eastland got timely hitting on doubles from Delanie Giedd. Ashley Nepean and Taylor Ruter and runs batted in from Giedd and Haley Miller to take the victory.

Harris was masterful on the hill as she allowed only one run which was unearned while walking a single batter and striking out sixteen. Forreston/Polo’s Alyssa Edler took the pitching loss for Forreston/Polo, giving up all three runs on four hits.

Forreston/Polo-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-3-3

Eastland-1-1-1-0-0-0-X-3-5-1

WP: Harris 7IP, 1R,0ER, 3H, 1BB, 16K

LP: Edler 4IP, 3R, 4H, 2BB, 6K

2B: Eastland: 3 (Giedd, Nepean, Ruter)

photos of WC vs RF . . .

Lady Thunder Sweep Galena

The Lady Thunder hosted Galena in a double header on Tuesday afternoon in Thomson and sent the Lady Pirates home unhappy, taking both ends of the double header by scores of 10-0 and 6-1.

West Carroll jumped in front early in the first game, taking advantage of Galena base on balls and errors. They took and two to nothing lead in the bottom of the first and extended their lead to four to nothing after three. The Lady Thunder then scored three runs in the fourth and fifth innings to seal the first game victory. Lady Thunder pitcher Audre Francke improved her record to two and nothing on the year, pitching all five innings , giving up two hits while walking three batters and striking out one. Kayla Huber took the loss for Galena.

In game two, Galena took the early one to nothing lead before the Lady Thunder came back to score single runs in the third and fourth innings and adding two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to seal the win. West Carroll pitcher Kim Durward evened her record at three wins and three losses, pitching seven innings and giving up one run on five hits while striking out five Galena batters.

Lady Thunder head coach Don Mathey said, “In game one, pitching, defense and base running were all excellent. We also took advantage of some walks and errors by Galena.” Of game two, he said, “A much cleaner game by Galena and we had to work for it and finally did at the end. Pitching, defense and base running were very good again. The hitting came through when we needed it.”

(3-2)Galena-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3

(4-5)West Carroll-2-0-2-3-3-10-9-0

WP: Francke (2-0) 5IP, 0R, 2H, 3BB, 1K

2B: West Carroll: 2 (McCombie, Morhardt)

(5-5,2-0)West Carroll-0-0-1-1-0-2-2-6-9-2

(3-3,0-2)Galena-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-5-1

WP: Durward (3-3) 7IP, 1R, 0ER, 5H, 0BB, 5K

LP: Beadle 7IP, 6R, 6ER, 9H, 4BB, 2K

2B: West Caroll: 1 (Cook)

Galena: 1 (Heitkamp)

3B: West Carroll: 1 (Tygan Cole)

Lady Thunder Offense Sparks Doubleheader Win

West Carroll met Scales Mound/River Ridge on Thursday and exploded for forty one runs to sweep the doubleheader. The first game saw SM/RR jump out to a one to nothing lead only to have the Lady Thunder come back to score fifteen runs in the next two innings to take control and take the 20-5 victory. West Carroll pounded out fifteen hits in the first game with Audre Francke taking the pitching win to improve her record to three and nothing. Francke went the distance, giving up five runs on six his, while walking three and striking out a pair of SM/RR batters. Coach Mathey said of game one, “We played a really good ballgame all around.”

In game two, SM/RR again jumped out to a two to nothing lead with the Lady Thunder exploding for twenty one runs on fifteen hits. Kim Durward pitched the complete game win, allowing four runs on eight hits, walking one and striking out eight hitters. Coach Mathey commenting on game two said, “Outside of the first inning mental lapses, we played another really fine ballgame.”

(6-5,3-0)West Carroll-0-8-7-2-3-20-15-1

(2-1,1-1)Scales Mound/River Ridge-1-3-0-0-1-5-6-4

WP: Francke (3-0) 5IP, 5R, 4ER, 6H, 3BB, 2K

LP: Davidson (2-1) 5IP, 20R, 15ER, 15H, 7BB, 3K

2B: West Carroll: 2 (Ashby, Morhardt)

Scales Mound/River Ridge: 3 (Korte 2, Brandt)

(2-2,1-2)Scales Mound/River Ridge-2-0-2-0-0-4-8-1

(7-5,4-0)West Carroll-9-5-7-0-X-21-15-1

WP: Durward (4-3) 5IP, 4R, 4ER, 8H, 1BB, 8K

LP: Brandt 4IP, 21R, 15ER, 15H, 7BB, 3K

Lady Missiles Dominate Eastland

The Milledgeville Lady Missiles hosted the Eastland Cougars and built a seven to nothing lead after two innings enroute to the 11-3 win over Eastand on Friday afternnon.

Milledgeville’s Emily Bush held the Lady Cougars to just four hits while walking three and striking out eight batters. Eastland starting pitcher Haley Miller allowed all eleven runs while giving up eleven hits, walking three and striking out three. Five Eastland errors helped the Milledgeville cause.

Courtney Swalve and Brianna Herin both had doubles with Swalve knocking in a pair of runs and Herin batting in one run. Lady Missile Morgan Adolph blasted a home run in the contest.

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Milledgeville-5-2-0-0-3-1-0-11-11-2

WP: Bush 3BB, 8K

LP: Miller 3BB, 3K

2B: Milledgeville: 2 (Herin, Swalve)

HR: Milledgeville: 1 (Adolph)

Lady Thunder Finish Second in Tourney

The West Carroll Lady Thunder and Pearl City Lady Wolves competed in the Erie/Prophetstown softball tournament on Saturday with West Carroll taking second place and Pearl City finishing the day with three losses.

Game one saw Pearl City fall to the hosts Erie/P’town 2-1 and the second game matched up West Carroll and Pearl City. The Lady Thunder scored five first inning runs enroute to the 13-9 win. Pearl City took on Putnam County in their next matchup with the Lady Panthers winning the game 5-2.

West Carroll’s next opponent was the hosts Erie/P’town with Kim Durward outdueling Haily Huizenga on the mound, as West Carroll went on to take the close 3-2 win.

The championship game pitted the Lady Thunder against the Lions from Springfield Lanphier. Springfield would get on the scoreboard first, taking a one to nothing lead after two innings. The Lions put up another pair of runs in the fourth inning and West Carroll managed to plate a pair of runs in the top of the seventh but couldn’t quite complete the comeback, falling 3-2. Lanphier’s Monica DeVault got the pitching win for Springfield with the Lady Thunder’s Kim Durward taking the loss.

Lady Thunder coach Mathey said, “A really well played championship game. We just did not hit as well as a team as our hits were more scattered. A good tournament for us to finish second.”

Erie/P’town 2 Pearl City 1

West Carroll-5-2-5-0-1-13-8-3

Pearl City-0-8-0-1-0-9-10-5

WP: Durward (5-3) 3 2/3IP, 1R, 1ER, 5H, 0BB, 6K

LP: Heinrich 3IP, 12R, 12ER, 8H, 5BB, 1K

2B: West Carroll: 1 (Morhardt)

Pearl City: 3 (Canon, Heinrich, Stichter)

HR: Pearl City: 1 (Melville)

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West Carroll-1-0-0-0-2-3-6-2

WP: Durward (6-3) 5IP, 2R, 0ER, 4H, 2BB, 2K

LP: Huizenga 4 2/3IP, 3R, 3ER, 6H, 2BB, 6K

Putnam County 5 Pearl City 2

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Springfield Lanphier-0-1-0-2-0-0-X-3-7-2

WP: DeVault 7IP, 2R, 2ER, 7H, 2BB, 2K

LP: Durward (6-4) 6IP, 3R, 2ER, 7H, 2BB, 3K

2B: West Carroll: 1 (Taylor Cole)

Baseball

West Carroll Slips By Dakota

The Thunder scored six runs on six hits backed by the pitching of Tyler Brashaw and Matt LaShelle to outlast the Dakota Indians 6-4 on Tuesday in Thomson. Brashaw took the win for the Thunder, pitching six innings and giving up four runs on four hits, walking four and striking out three Indian hitters. LaShelle pitched the final inning to gain the save.

At the plate, Evan Williams had a home run and a base hit with teammate Nick Hughes contributing a double and LaShelle adding a base hit and two runs scored. Thunder head coach Brian Kamper commented, “A very nice win for us. Our defense was pretty good in the game. We showed we can have timely hitting and score runs in a variety of ways.”

Dakota-2-0-0-0-0-2-0-4-4-2

(4-4)West Carroll-0-2-1-3-0-0-X-6-6-2

WP: Brashaw 6IP, 4R, 2ER, 4H, 4BB, 3K

Save: LaShelle 1IP 0R, 0H, 0BB, 0K

2B: West Carroll: 1 (Hughes)

HR: West Carroll: 1 (Wiliams)

Thunder Drop Cougars

The Eastland Cougars traveled to Thomson on Tuesday and the host West Carroll Thunder sent them home unhappy after taking the 2-1 victory. A pitching duel between West Carroll’s Matt LaShelle and Eastland’s Jordan Blair was the story as both pitchers hurled good games with the Thunder hitters coming through.

West Carroll got on the board first, putting up two fifth innings runs. The Cougars managed a single run in the top of the seventh to make the contest interesting but couldn’t complete the comeback. LaShelle went the distance on the mound for the Thunder, allowing one run on four hits, while walking one and striking out nine Cougar hitters.

Blair was equally impressive on the hill, as he allowed just two runs on six hits, walking two and fanning seven Thunder hitters. Zach Whitebread had two base hits for West Carroll, with teammate Trey Enloe adding a double.

Thunder coach Kamper said of the win, “A very big win for us. The boys were up for the game. Matt LaShelle pitched a very solid game for the win. We didn’t play our best ball as we left seven runners on base and still beat a good team. Hopefully, we stay focused and continue to play well.”

Eastland-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-4-3

(5-4,1-0)West Carroll-0-0-0-0-2-0-X-2-6-1

WP: LaShelle 7IP, 1R, 0ER, 4H, 1BB, 9K

LP: Blair 6IP, 2R, 6H, 2BB, 7K

2B: West Carroll: 1 (Enloe)

F/S Score: Eastland 19 West Carroll 3

Missiles Earn Split With AFC

Milledgeville hosted the AFC Raiders on Wednesday in double header baseball action at MHS. In game one the Raiders capitalized on seven Missile errors to outscore Milledgeville 11-2. AFC took a one to nothing lead into the second inning before erupting for ten more runs in the next two innings to seal the win.

Dean Hollowell and Kyle Groen both went two for three for Milledgeville at the plate in game one. Missile starting pitcher Doug Williams took the loss in game one, going one and a third innings and giving up eight runs on five hits.

Game two was a different story for Milledgeville as they scored one second inning run and put five runs on the board in the third to take control of game two and went on to take the 8-7 win. All five third inning runs came via walks or hit batsmen.

The Missiles Zach Herin had the game winning RBI in the sixth as his hit scored Kyle Groen with what would prove to be the winning run. In the bottom of the sixth, Milledgeville center fielder Devin Biller threw out the potential tying run at the plate with Herin applying the tag for the out. Kyle Groen took the pitching victory for the Missiles, going five innings with two walks and five strikeouts.

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Milledgeville-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-2-6-7

WP: Mairs 4IP, 1R, 1ER, 4H, 1BB, 10K

LP: Williams 1.1/3IP, 8R, 6ER, 5H, 6BB, 1K

2B: AFC: 2 (Prothero, Rod)

Milledgeville: 2 (Hollowell, Layman)

Milledgeville-0-1-5-0-1-1-0-8-5-4

AFC-0-1-2-0-2-2-0-7-8-5

WP: Groen (1-0) 5IP, 5R, 3ER, 5H, 2BB, 5K

LP: Milligan 2IP, 5R, 4ER, 1H, 5BB, 2K

Save: Layman

2B: Milledgeville: 1 (Groen)

Winnebago Tops West Carroll

West Carroll’s bats fell silent on Thursday in Thomson as Winnebago pounded out a dozen hits enroute to the 17-0 win. The Indians put up six second innings runs and that would prove to be more than enough as the Thunder were limited to two hits in the game. Both West Carroll hits were Austin Weller singles.

Starting West Carroll pitcher Evan Williams took the loss, going only an inning and a third, allowing six runs on five hits. Winnebago was also aided by four Thunder miscues in the field.

Thunder head coach Brian Kamper said of his team’s performance, “We just came into this game unfocused After our last game, we got too over confident, had a poor practice last night and got beat in every aspect of the game tonight. We need some players to step up and be leaders and look to compete in every game whether we are up or down. I could tell after we were down six to nothing that we had ourselves beaten.”

Winnebago-0-6-0-2-1-8-17-12-0

(5-5,1-0)West Carroll-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-4

LP: Williams (1-1) 1 1/3IP, 6R, 2ER, 5H, 3BB, 1K

F/S Score: Winnebago 9 West Carroll 5

Baseball Scores

April 4

Warren/Stockton 10 Forreston 4

April 5

Forreston 18 South Beloit 8

Pearl City 4 River Ridge/Scales Mound 3

April 8

Forreston 10 Durand/Pec 4

River Ridge 5 West Carroll 1

April 9

Dakota 15 Milledgeville 6

Dakota 11 Milledgeville 1

Baseball & Softball Schedule

April 13

(BB) Milledgeville at Morrison

(SB) Morrison at Milledgeville

(SB) Le-Win at West Carroll

(BB) Marquette Academy at West Carroll

(SB) Forreston at East Dubuque

April 14

(SB) Milledgeville at Orangeville

(SB) Le-Win at Eastland

(SB) West Carroll at Pearl City

(BB) Le-Win at West Carroll

(SB) Forreston at South Beloit

April 15

(BB) Forreston at Milledgeville

(BB) Eastland at Galena

(SB) Dixon at West Carroll

(BB) Prophetstown at West Carroll

(BB) Morrison at Rockridge

(SB) Rockridge at Morrison

April 18

(BB) Milledgeville at Freeport Aquin

(SB) Dakota at Eastland

(BB) Eastland at Le-Win

(SB) Orangeville at West Carroll

(BB) West Carroll at Pearl City

(BB) Morrison at Kewanee

(SB) Morrison at Kewanee

(BB) AFC at Forreston

April 19

(BB) Pearl City at Eastland

(SB) West Carroll at East Dubuque

(BB) West Carroll at East Dubuque

(BB) Morrison at Riverdale

(SB) Morrison at Riverdale

(SB) Durand at Forreston

(BB) Orangeville at Forreston

Track Results

April 4

At Morrison (Boys)

1-Polo/Forreston - 139

2-West Carroll - 77

3-Morrison - 26

4-Fulton Unity - 2

At Morrison (Girls)

1-Polo/Forreston - 106

2-West Carroll - 89

3-Morrison - 30

4-Fulton Unity - 15

April 5

At Milledgeville (Boys)

1-Polo/Forreston - 207.5

2-Galena/River Ridge/East Dubuque - 105.5

3-Le-Win - 82

4-Fulton - 53

5-Milledgeville - 38

6-Morrison - 37

At Forreston (Girls)

1-Polo/Forreston - 115

2-West Carroll - 108

3-Dakota - 49

4-Byron - 47

5-AFC - 27

April 7

At River Ridge (Boys)

1-Galena/River Ridge/East Dubuque - 90.5

2-West Carroll - 67.5

3-Pearl City - 5

Bowling League Results

Women’s Wednesday Night League

April 6

1-Pruis Upholstery 45.5-14.5

2-Hilltop 41.5-18.5

3-Green & Clean 30.5-29.5

4-Smith & Associates 29-31

5-FAT Boy’s 28-32

6-Ken Kophamer Realty 22-38

7-Goldstar FS 22-38

8-KJ’s Bar & Grill 21.5-38.5

High Individual game

Paulette Strating 227, Brenda Workman 225, Dana nelson 214, Deb Manninen 200, Brenda Nye 198

High Individual Series

Dana nelson 590, Branda Workman 572, Deb Manninen 539, Paulette Strating 527, Liz Hamilton 515

Hilltop League

1-Roger’s Roughriders 36-20

2-Hilltop 34-22

3-CAR Quest 33-23

4-DA BEERS 28-28

5-Ridley Appraisals 25-31

6-FAT Boy’s 24-32

7-Nelson Electric 23-33

8-AG Express 21-35

High Individual Game

Rob Miller 258, Jerry Ammon 246, Eddie Ruiz 246, Joe Robbins 245, Bob Onken 244, Bill Schaller 223

High Individual Series

Bob Onken 617, Eddie Ruiz 589, Rob Miller 576, Kevin Wiebenga 570, Bill Schaller 569, Jerry Ammon 569

Harrington To Play Baseball At Ave Maria

Pearl City senior Joey Harrington has been offered a full scholarship to attend Ave Maria University in Florida to play baseball in the Sun Conference. Joey is looking forward to playing for Coach Shawn Summe and the Gyrenes after his official visit to the campus in December.

The Sun Conference has been one of the most successful NAIA Division II conferences in the country. The conference features teams from Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

Joey has played the last three seasons for Pearl City and has received All-Conference recognition all three years. He was a unanimous choice last year as a junior. Joey also proved himself through out the region as he was selected second team all-area his sophomore year and first team last year. Joey has also played on the Lena Legion team since he was a freshman.

The Wolves were looking for big things this year from Joey after he led the team last year with a .553 batting average. Unfortunately, Joey is not able to play this season because of a shoulder injury he received earlier in the year that needed to be repaired surgically. Joey was a leader for the Wolves with a career batting average of .420 with four home runs.

Northwest IL Sports Hall Of Fame Meeting

The Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame committee will hold their spring meeting on Wednesday, April 27th at Storybrook Country Club near Hanover. An :attitude adjustment” will be held at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:45 and the meeting to follow. All members are urged to attend and to bring their completed 2011 nomination forms with them. Please RSVP to Brian Reusch at by Monday, April 25th.